Interview with the Vampire (Vampire Chronicles) (Paperback)
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品牌: Anne Rice
基本信息·出版社：Time Warner Paperbacks
·页码：352 页
·出版日期：1994年
·ISBN：0708860737
·条形码：9780708860731
·装帧：平装
·正文语种：英语
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内容简介In a darkened room a young man sits telling the macabre and eerie story of his life - the story of a vampire, gifted with eternal life, cursed with an exquisite craving for human blood. Anne Rice's compulsively readable novel is arguably the most celebrated work of vampire fiction since Bram Stoker's Dracula was published in 1897. As the Washington Post said on its first publication, it is a 'thrilling, strikingly original work of the imagination ...sometimes horrible, sometimes beautiful, always unforgettable'.
编辑推荐Amazon.com Review
In the now-classic novelInterview 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 (includingThe Vampire Lestat,The Queen of the Damned,The Tale of the Body Thief,Memnoch the Devil, andThe Vampire Armand),Interviewremains 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--This text refers to theMass Market Paperbackedition.
From Library Journal
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.--This text refers to thePaperbackedition.
Review
'One of the most wonderful, erotic, sensual books ever written' Sting 'A spine-chilling nightmare? highly accomplished? an impressive feat of imagination' SUNDAY TIMES 'Thrilling? a strikingly original work of the imagination?unforgettable.' WASHINGTON POST 'The most successful vampire story since Bram Stoker's DRACULA.' THE TIMES 'The literary quality of Rice's vampire viewpoint story is mesmeric.' DAILY MAIL
Review
“UNRELENTINGLY EROTIC . . . SOMETIMES BEAUTIFUL, AND ALWAYS UNFORGETTABLE.”
–The Washington Post
“A MAGNIFICENT, COMPULSIVELY READABLE THRILLER . . . Rice begins where Bram Stoker and the Hollywood versions leave off and penetrates directly to the true fascination of the myth–the education of the vampire.”
–Chicago Tribune
“IF YOU SURRENDER AND GO WITH HER . . . YOU HAVE SURRENDERED TO ENCHANTMENT, AS IN A VOLUPTUOUS DREAM.”
–The Boston Globe
“A CHILLING, THOUGHT-PROVOKING TALE, beautifully frightening, sensuous, and utterly unnerving.”
–The Hartford Courant
--This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.
