num_pages: 243
description: Named a Best Book of the Year by:The Boston GlobeO The Oprah MagazineHuffington PostThe A.V. ClubA Washington Post Notable BookAn NPR Great Read of 2013From the author of the novel Swamplandia!a finalist for the Pulitzer Prizecomes a magical and uniquely daring collection of stories that showcases the authors 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 familys 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.Vampires in the lemon grove --Reeling for the Empire --Seagull army descends on Strong Beach 1979 --Proving up --Barn at the end of our term --Dougbert Shackleton's rules for Antarctic tailgating --New veterans --Graveless doll of Eric Mutis
language: English
title: Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories
publisher: Knopf