by Karen Russell · Alfred A. Knopf · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780307947475
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«Vampires in the Lemon Grove: And Other Stories» is Karen Russell's collection of short stories, in paperback (256 pages, in English).
The title story presents two vampires in a sunny lemon grove trying to quench their blood thirst while facing their long immortal relationship. Other stories: captive girls in a Japanese silk factory who turn into silkworms and children who find a mutilated scarecrow resembling a missing companion.
The book was nominated for the Locus Award for Best Collection and chosen as a notable book of the year by The Boston Globe, O, The Oprah Magazine, and The Washington Post.
For readers of literary fiction, magical realism, and stories with tension and humor.
Karen Russell is an American novelist and short story writer. Her debut novel, Swamplandia!, was a finalist for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction. In 2009 the National Book Foundation named Russell a 5 Under 35 honoree. She was also the recipient of a MacArthur Foundation "Genius Grant" in 2013.
