Vampires in the lemon grove
Karen Russell
Literary Fiction / Fantasy
Vampires in the lemon grove
by Karen Russell
—· 258 p· 2013
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Overview
About
Six short stories with subjects ranging from a dejected teenager who discovers that the universe is communicating with him through talismanic objects left behind in a seagull's nest to two vampires in a sun-drenched lemon grove who try helplessly to slake their thirst for blood.
Pages
258
Penguin Random House
Linguistic complexity
4/5
Complex
Thematic complexity
4/5
Rich
Rating
—
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Reader feel
Prose9
Surreal Imagination9
Emotional depth8
Narration8
Worldbuilding7
Pacing7
Story Collection Cohesion7
Plot twists6
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