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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780345409645
ISBN: 0345409647
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: March 18, 1997
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: March 18, 1997
Sales Rank: 6763
Studio: Ballantine Books
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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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Rating:  - Interview with the Vampire
Still the very best Vampire story written. Holds up excellently after all these years, with a deeply woven plot and compelling characters. Totally recommend it, as well as the other books in Anne Rice's series.
Rating: - A World Beyond Your Mind's Eyes
I read this book only twice in my life - the last time being, well, over five years ago. But I can deliciously recall many details from Anne's first book in the Vampire Chronicles INTERVIEW WITH THE VAMPIRE.
It's hard to think of the many reasons I would recommend this or any of her other books that tell the story of one of her many alluring vampires, but I fail in doing so even in my own mind for simply put I haven't even the vaguest words to describe how sensationally rewarding it is to ... Read More
Rating: - Tower of Imagination
This book is simply one of the most thoroughly imagined pieces of writing in modern literature, and thoroughly disciplined and effective on paper. It disdains categories; the author stepped into a genre well-paved and hackneyed and made words fly off the paper by sheer force of talent.
The plot and characters are well summarized elsewhere; indeed one hesitates to write anything about something already reviewed 500+ times on Amazon. So I simply add these footnotes: it is not blasphemous, ... Read More
Rating:  - Yawning with the Vampire
Try as I might, I really fail to see what all the hype was about this book. I've seen the movie although it's been quite a while until I recently caught about three quarters of it on cable. I've been reading many vampire novels as of late (the twilight saga, The Diaries of the Family Dracul trilogy and the magnificent The Historian). Being that this is such a highly praised book and claimed to be a 'vampire classic' I felt I owed it to myself to finally read it after all this time.
I was ... Read More
Rating: - Love and Angst for all Eternity
Anne Rice is the acknowledged queen of goth horror.
Louis and Lestat are the quintessential eternal lovers. Their story is one of tragic heartache.
If you are one of the five people in the world who hasn't yet read this poignant love story, one that rivals Romeo and Juliet, then you best get your act together.
There's a reason they tapped Brad Pitt and Tom Cruise to star in the leading roles. No one else could possibly do justice to these characters. (and they only barely ... Read More
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Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9780345409645
ISBN: 0345409647
Label: Ballantine Books
Manufacturer: Ballantine Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 352
Publication Date: March 18, 1997
Publisher: Ballantine Books
Release Date: March 18, 1997
Sales Rank: 6763
Studio: Ballantine Books