Vampires in the Lemon Grove
Editorial VINTAGE BOOKS
Mainland Spain
- Publisher VINTAGE BOOKS
- ISBN13 9780307947475
- ISBN10 0307947475
- Type Book
- Pages 243
- Language English
- Bookbinding Paperback
Sections
English LiteratureVampires in the Lemon Grove
Editorial VINTAGE BOOKS
Mainland Spain
Book Details
On Strong Beach, an awkward teen with a terrible haircut has a reversal of fortune when he finds artefacts from the future lining a seagulls' nest. By the Hox River in Nebraska, a window fuels both family pride and deadly revenge. In a godforsaken barn in what they suspect is Kentucky, Presidents Eisenhower, John Adams and Rutherford B. Hayes are bemused to find themselves reincarnated as horses. And in the collection's title story, Clyde and Magreb - he a traditional capes-and-coffins vampire, she the more progressive variety - settle in an Italian lemon grove in the hope that its ripe fruit will keep their thirst for blood at bay. Karen Russell is an audacious talent with a wicked sense of humour, and this hotly anticipated new collection confirms her place as a master of the short story form, and one of the most imaginative young writers at work today.