Vampires in the Lemon Grove: And Other Stories

By Karen Russell

Book Overview

From the author of the novel Swamplandia --a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize--comes a magical and uniquely daring collection of stories that showcases the author's gifts at their inimitable best.

Within these pages, a community of girls held captive in a Japanese silk factory slowly transmute into human silkworms and plot revolution; a group of boys stumble upon a mutilated scarecrow that bears an uncanny resemblance to a missing classmate that they used to torment; a family's disastrous quest for land in the American West has grave consequences; and in the marvelous title story, two vampires in a sun-drenched lemon grove try to slake their thirst for blood and come to terms with their immortal relationship.

Named a Best Book of the Year by:
The Boston Globe
O, The Oprah Magazine
Huffington Post
The A.V. Club

A Washington Post Notable Book
An NPR Great Read of 2013

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0307947475
• ISBN13: 9780307947475
• Release Date: January 2014
• Publisher: Vintage
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.2" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Unique short stories

Each of these short stories were so different than anything I had read, and I was captivated by each one. Some were emotional and others dark or metaphorical. I was left with a lot to think about when I was done reading!