![]() Clyde’s musings about mortal love, commitment and addiction introduce us to Russell’s exceptional prose, which definitely deserves its praise. Our main character Clyde was once a fiery vampire until he settled into domesticity with his wife Magreb. ![]() It begins with the title story, which follows an immortal married couple that sucks the juice from lemons in order to satiate their thirst for blood. “Vampires in the Lemon Grove” covers 256 pages of magical realism. ![]() But amidst the critical praise being heaped onto her latest book release, I have to say: it was good. I felt an uncomfortable sense of guilt as I finished the final page of Karen Russell’s new collection of short stories, “ Vampires in the Lemon Grove.” Russell’s accolades are so impressive that they’re frankly intimidating she’s been on seemingly every “Best Writers” list, she nearly won the Pulitzer Prize and she was a Guggenheim Fellow in 2011, so I had high expectations when I began reading. ![]()
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