Vampires in the Lemon Grove: And Other Stories

Title: Vampires in the Lemon Grove: And Other Stories
Author: Karen Russell
ISBN: 9780307947475
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2014
Binding: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 256
Section: Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
Publisher Description:

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