About the Book

From the author of the instant New York Times best seller Swamplandia (a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize), a dazzling new collection of stories that showcases Karen Russell's gifts at their inimitable best.
In the collection's marvelous title story, two aging vampires in a sun-drenched Italian lemon grove find their hundred-year marriage tested when one of them develops a fear of flying. In "The Seagull Army Descends on Strong Beach, 1979," a dejected teenager discovers that the universe is communicating with him through talismanic objects left in a seagull's nest. "Proving Up" and "The Graveless Doll of Eric Mutis"--stories of children left to fend for themselves in dire predicaments--find Russell veering into more sinister territory, and ultimately crossing the line into full-scale horror. In "The New Veterans," a massage therapist working with a tattooed war veteran discovers she has the power to heal by manipulating the images on his body. In all, these wondrous new pieces display a young writer of superlative originality and invention coming into the full range and scale of her powers.

Product Details

Media: Hardcover Book, 272 pages

Edition: Unknown

Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group

Publication Date: Feb. 12th, 2013

ISBN-10: 0307957233

ISBN-13: 9780307957238

Shipping Weight: 0.95 lbs

Series: Not Applicable

• Categories: Humorous Fiction and Literature