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Vampires in the Lemon Grove
Karen Russell
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Description for Vampires in the Lemon Grove
Paperback. In a godforsaken barn, Presidents Eisenhower, John Adams and Rutherford B Hayes are bemused to find themselves reincarnated as horses. 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. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 190.
An awkward teen with a terrible haircut has a reversal of fortune when he finds artefacts from the future lining a seagulls’ nest.
In a godforsaken barn, Presidents Eisenhower, John Adams and Rutherford B. Hayes are bemused to find themselves reincarnated as horses.
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.
‘Russell can take Antarctic tailgaters, an army of seagulls or simply a window and twist a tale that explodes on the page and lingers in the mind’ The Times
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
Number of Pages
256
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099578963
SKU
V9780099578963
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-16
About Karen Russell
Karen Russell, a native of Miami, has been featured in the New Yorker's debut fiction issue, was chosen as one of Granta's Best Young American Novelists in 2007, and was most recently named one of New Yorker magazine's 20 Under 40. Her first collection of short stories, St Lucy’s Home for Girls Raised by Wolves, was longlisted for the Guardian first book award. Her novel, Swamplandia!, was longlisted for the 2011 Orange Prize and shortlisted for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize.
Reviews for Vampires in the Lemon Grove
Her work has a velocity and a trajectroy that is little less than dazzling and a tough, enveloping, exhilarating voice than cannot be equaled.
Joy Williams, New York Times
A consistently arresting, frequently stunning collection...Even more impressive than Russell's critically acclaimed novel.
Kirkus Reviews
Karen Russell’s third book, the story collection “Vampires in the Lemon Grove,” should cement her reputation as one of the most remarkable fantasists writing today
Elizabeth Hand
Washington Post
Russell can take Antarctic tailgaters, an army of seagulls or simply a window and twist a tale that explodes on the page and lingers in the mind
Fiona Wilson
The Times
A touch of paradoxically grounding pixie humour. This way of writing is so clever that nothing needs to be added to the set-up… These stories have unbelievable strength
M John Harrison
Guardian
These stories use the fantastical to make mythic sense of the human struggle, and perfectly balance light and dark, funny and serious, wacky and realistic
Suzi Feay
Financial Times
Russell is practised at whimsy and the surreal, at the magical and the unnerving
Paul Laity
Prospect
Russell’s storytelling, fusing realistic and fantastic elements, is imaginative and beautifully crafted
Tina Jackson
Metro
Wildly fun and full of suspense
Jess Holland
Observer
These stories will win her yet more fans, and offer typically colourful, off-the-wall entertainment
Stephanie Cross
The Lady
Joy Williams, New York Times
A consistently arresting, frequently stunning collection...Even more impressive than Russell's critically acclaimed novel.
Kirkus Reviews
Karen Russell’s third book, the story collection “Vampires in the Lemon Grove,” should cement her reputation as one of the most remarkable fantasists writing today
Elizabeth Hand
Washington Post
Russell can take Antarctic tailgaters, an army of seagulls or simply a window and twist a tale that explodes on the page and lingers in the mind
Fiona Wilson
The Times
A touch of paradoxically grounding pixie humour. This way of writing is so clever that nothing needs to be added to the set-up… These stories have unbelievable strength
M John Harrison
Guardian
These stories use the fantastical to make mythic sense of the human struggle, and perfectly balance light and dark, funny and serious, wacky and realistic
Suzi Feay
Financial Times
Russell is practised at whimsy and the surreal, at the magical and the unnerving
Paul Laity
Prospect
Russell’s storytelling, fusing realistic and fantastic elements, is imaginative and beautifully crafted
Tina Jackson
Metro
Wildly fun and full of suspense
Jess Holland
Observer
These stories will win her yet more fans, and offer typically colourful, off-the-wall entertainment
Stephanie Cross
The Lady