Reading what Virginiagirl said about a vampire novel being among the top books on Amazon, I remembered that the Best American Short Stories for 2008 had a vampire story in it, Karen Russell's "Vampires in the Lemon Grove." This edition was edited by Salman Rushdie, which may explain a lot. Russell seems to be a writer who mixes the somewhat bizarre with the regular, having published a first book of stories entitled St. Lucy's Home for Girls Raised by Wolves and currently working on a novel about a family whose members wrestle alligators. It would seem that we have a possible new form of magical realism available to explore. Or perhaps it has existed just below the surface of mainstream, literary fiction and now is rising to the top, glimpsable just below the surface. Perhaps there are other examples. Since the original "magical realism" never belonged to American writers, perhaps a new form of it could.
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Posted 1 year ago #
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I am fond of Vampires topic books. I want to know the history their culture and their way of living. Is any book which surrendered all aspect of Vampires life?
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