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Interview With the Vampire
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Anne Rice |
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1976 |
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9.56 with 41 Votes
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Amazon.com |
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In the now-classic novel Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice refreshed the archetypal vampire myth for a late-20th-century audience. The story is ostensibly a simple one: having suffered a tremendous personal loss, an 18th-century Louisiana plantation owner named Louis Pointe du Lac descends into an alcoholic stupor. At his emotional nadir, he is confronted by Lestat, a charismatic and powerful vampire who chooses Louis to be his fledgling. The two prey on innocents, give their "dark gift" to a young girl, and seek out others of their kind (notably the ancient vampire Armand) in Paris. But a summary of this story bypasses the central attractions of the novel. First and foremost, the method Rice chose to tell her tale--with Louis' first-person confession to a skeptical boy--transformed the vampire from a hideous predator into a highly sympathetic, seductive, and all-too-human figure. Second, by entering the experience of an immortal character, one raised with a deep Catholic faith, Rice was able to explore profound philosophical concerns--the nature of evil, the reality of death, and the limits of human perception--in ways not possible from the perspective of a more finite narrator. While Rice has continued to investigate history, faith, and philosophy in subsequent Vampire novels (including The Vampire Lestat, The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief, Memnoch the Devil, and The Vampire Armand), Interview remains a treasured masterpiece. It is that rare work that blends a childlike fascination for the supernatural with a profound vision of the human condition. --Patrick O'Kelley |
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From Library Journal |
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Rice turned the vampire genre on its ear with this first novel (LJ 5/1/76), which evolved into one of the most popular series in recent history. Though the quality of the books has declined, this nonetheless is a marvelous, innovative, and literate tale of the longing for love and the search for redemption. This 20th-anniversary edition offers a trade-size paperback for a good price.
Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc. |
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It seems amazing to me that I didn't get around to reading this book until years after it had been first published, especially because I'm a big vampire fan. I was working in a bookstore and finally picked it up...and couldn't put it down until I'd finished it. Interview is one of those books that stays with you long after you've read it. I still have moments were something will remind me of it and I'll sit there thinking about a particular scene or character. It was only a few months after reading this, and tearing through the sequel, as well, that I went to work for Ballantine and got the chance to sell Anne Rice's books as well as read them. I guess it was fate.
Lisa Congelosi, Ballantine Sales Rep. |
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The Washington Post |
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Unrelentingly erotic ... sometimes beautiful, and always unforgettable. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title. |
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Ingram |
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A horror classic is revisited to mark the twentieth anniversary of an author's remarkable debut with the story of a reporter who hears a vampire's chilling tale of centuries of life, told by a onetime New Orleans gentleman plantation owner. Reprint. |
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About the Author |
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Anne Rice is the author of nineteen books. She lives in New Orleans with her husband, the poet and painter Stan Rice.About the Reader
F. Murray Abraham is a critically acclaimed actor who was the recipient of the academy Award for Best Actor for his performance as Salieri in the motion picture Amadeus. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition. |
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Singian |
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Rice weaves a web around your mind, body and heart as she relays the tale of Louis, a vampire who just cannot follow the rules. He feels emotions he shouldn't and even goes to church to confess murdering millions of people to feed himself, only to end up drinking the priest.
This is the story of a vampire and the never-ending cycle of becoming and living. It is an adventure from the first to the last word. The winding tale is full of love, murder, friendship, betrayal and confusion, much like what today's teenagers face.
Anyone who enjoys reading should try Interview With the Vampire. It will bind you with its magic and you will feel you are walking with the vampires. It filled my nights with dreams, and every second of it was pure rapture. If you are one who thrives on amazing tales, read this book!
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