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Indlæser... Vampires in the Lemon Grove: Stories (udgave 2013)af Karen Russell (Forfatter)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. The ideas behind the stories are great! And Karen writes beautifully, but it's like I'm watching the story from afar trough a telescope. It is amazingly detailed, but I lack the overall picture. The stories are just too distant to really move you. ( ) ~truly random thoughts about each short story~ Vampires in the Lemon Grove A story about an adorable elderly vampire. I really liked the style of this one, a first person narration of an old vampire that bites lemons. Would have liked a clearer ending. 4/5 Reeling for the Empire I loved this tale with whole my heart. It talks about patriarchy and capitalism, and how little women's lives mean. 5/5 The Seagull Army Descends on Strong Beach, 1979 Didn't really get that one. Or "got it" but didn't like the abrupt ending. 3/5 Proving Up Two times I forgot this story after reading this. It's not that it wasn't good, but utterly forgettable. 2/5 The Barn at the End of Our Term Ok this one was amazing. Past US presidents reincarnated as horses that all live in a barn. I might had enjoyed it more were I acquainted with these people but I'm not American so many things were lost on me. Still, it was so imaginative and well written, I had a great time reading this. 4/5 Dougbert Shackleton's Rules for Antartic Tailgating Okay, I guess? There's a dude that does a thing, and it's a metaphor about something. 2/5 The New Veterans This one made me sad. Sad that war exists, sad with the emotional labor and need of women to "fix" others. 3/5 The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis Loved it, but was hurt by it. I really needed to know what happened to the kid. 4/5
...the more persuasive stories in this book feature genuine outsiders who consider themselves monsters — because they are ugly or different, set apart from others by their looks or experience or self-conscious self-loathing. It is these monsters that Ms. Russell portrays with such sympathy and inventiveness, and it is her ability to immerse us in their daily experiences and the exotic or not-so-exotic worlds they inhabit that underscore her fecund and constantly surprising storytelling gifts. IndeholderDistinctionsNotable Lists
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. No library descriptions found. |
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