Interview with the Vampire
Author | : | |
Rating | : | 4.95 (516 Votes) |
Asin | : | 0753110296 |
Format Type | : | paperback |
Number of Pages | : | 374 Pages |
Publish Date | : | 2013-07-19 |
Language | : | English |
DESCRIPTION:
In the now-classic novel Interview with the Vampire, Anne Rice refreshed the archetypal vampire myth for a late-20th-century audience. But a summary of this story bypasses the central attractions of the novel. 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. At his emotional nadir, he is confronted by Lestat, a charismatic and powerful vampire who chooses Louis to be his fledgling. The story is ostensibly a simple one: having suffer
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'.. 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
"Book that made me fall in love with vampires" according to Dorian. I wasn't familiar with Anne Rice works since 2010 May. Then I first time saw "Interview with the Vampire" movie and fell in love with "blonde vampire". After that movie on TV, I downloaded that movie to my computer. And found who created this story and started looking for a book. I w. Phillip C. the Artist said Sometimes a book comes along.. Sometimes a book comes along that pulls you in, and takes you far away from what you know, opening doors to other worlds and a life you had never dreamed of. A book that will haunt you for the rest of your life 'Interview With The Vampire' is one of those novels, like Wuthering Heigh. There were times when I would read a sentence so perfect that I had to set the book aside for Rachel Anne Rice is the kind of Author that I aspire to be. I was first introduced to Interview with the Vampire through the movie. The whole idea of it was enthralling. I was totally captivated from start to finish. Her characters felt so real that I felt bumping into them on the street wa