Angry that his interviewer learned nothing from his story, Louis refuses, attacking the boy and vanishing without a trace. The boy then leaves to track down Lestat in the hopes that he can give him immortality. In , while Anne Rice was attending a graduate program in Creative Writing at San Francisco State University, her daughter Michelle, then about four years old, was diagnosed with acute granulocytic leukemia.
In , while still grieving the loss of her daughter, Rice began reworking a previously written short story, which she had written in or After completing the novel and following many rejections from publishers, Rice developed obsessive—compulsive disorder OCD.
She became obsessed with germs, thinking that she contaminated everything she touched, engaged in frequent and obsessive hand washing and obsessively checked locks on windows and doors. Of this period, Rice says, 'What you see when you're in that state is every single flaw in our hygiene and you can't control it and you go crazy. In , the Rices traveled to both Europe and Egypt for the first time.
Upon its release, Interview with the Vampire received mixed reviews from critics. Louis Post-Dispatch gave the book a positive review, describing the prose as 'hypnotically poetic in tone, rich in sensory imagery,' [13] while other reviews were more negative. The book spawned a total of eleven sequels, collectively known as The Vampire Chronicles , and the spin-off series New Tales of the Vampires.
The first sequel, The Vampire Lestat , was published in and sold more than 75, copies in its first printing, garnering largely favorable reviews. Most of the movie's shooting had been completed by October , and all that remained were the few scenes involving the interviewer that would then be inserted at various points throughout the film.
Phoenix died from an overdose later that month, and Christian Slater was then cast as the interviewer Molloy. The film was released in November to generally positive critical reaction, [25] and received Academy Award nominations for Best Art Direction and Best Original Score. After seeing the film, however, she voiced her support for the film, [16] saying, 'That Tom did make Lestat work was something I could not see in a crystal ball.
It's to his credit that he proved me wrong. In August , Universal Pictures and Imagine Entertainment acquired the motion picture rights to the entire Vampire Chronicles series, with producers Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci signed to helm the potential film franchise. Innovation Comics published a twelve-issue comic book adaptation of Interview with the Vampire in , following up on adaptations of The Vampire Lestat and The Queen of the Damned.
It was also serialized in both Animage and Chara magazines. In , the graphic novel Interview with the Vampire: Claudia's Story was published by Yen Press, retelling much of the original novel from the point of view of child vampire Claudia. Plot summary [ edit ] A vampire named Louis tells his year-long life story to a reporter referred to simply as 'the boy' the character's name is revealed to be Daniel Molloy in The Queen of the Damned.
Background and publication [ edit ] In , while Anne Rice was attending a graduate program in Creative Writing at San Francisco State University, her daughter Michelle, then about four years old, was diagnosed with acute granulocytic leukemia. Encyclopedia of World Biography. Never in all this time Demonstrating once again her gift for spellbinding storytelling, Anne Rice makes real for us a great dynasty of four centuries of witches - a family given to poetry and incest, murder and philosophy, a family that over the ages is itself haunted by a powerful, dangerous, and seductive being called Lasher who haunts the Mayfair women.
Rowan's attempt to escape Lasher and his pursuit of her and their child are at the heart of this extraordinary saga. It is a novel that moves around the globe, backward and forward through time, and between the human and demonic worlds. Its many voices - of women, of men, of demons and angels, present and past - haunt and enchant us. With a dreamlike power, the novel draws us through twilight paths, telling a chillingly hypnotic story of occult and spiritual aspirations and passion. Now, travel with Armand across the centuries to the Kiev Rus of his boyhood - a ruined city under Mongol dominion - and to ancient Constantinople, where Tartar raiders sell him into slavery.
And in a magnificent palazzo in the Venice of the Renaissance you see him emotionally and intellectually in thrall to the great vampire Marius, who masquerades as a mysterious, reclusive painter and who will bestow upon Armand the gift of vampiric blood. As the novel races to its climax, moving through scenes of luxury and elegance, of ambush, fire, and devil worship to nineteenth-century Paris and today's New Orleans, we see its eternally vulnerable and romantic hero forced to choose between his twilight immortality and the salvation of his immortal soul.
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His tone is very bland as well. I would have been thrilled with this book and have given it 5 stars had they gave someone with a strong European accent the part. Unfortunately, I think I may have liked the books better had they been read by someone else, such as the narrator for "Blood and Gold". I just couldn't get excited about the books because the narrator sounds so bored. He reads with no expression and a draggy, monotone voice, that just makes me not want to listen.
Like other reviewers, I think I would have enjoyed the reading of this book more if there had been a better reader -- at least someone who could do a wide rage of voices and accents the reader of Blood and Gold would have been a better choice. Armand has always been such a sexy, passionate character, but this reader's rendition seemed to take all the joy out of Armand.
In addition, this book is the first in which Ms. Rice delves into religous issues with her vampire, and unlike other books, it just comes off boring and overdone. If you're a fan of the series, then you must listen, if not, it's OK to pass.
Listen to Blood and Gold instead. Actually - if you listen to the reader - after about 5 minutes on the sample - the narrator is less nasal on his "R"s and "N"s and his accent less pronounced - but man - what a bad choice of readers- bad tonation of voice. Simply all wrong. I've done voice acting - man - what was the director thinking taking this direction with this guy.. Well listen to the free sample yourself.. The narrator is horrible. Hopefully they make a new audio version with Simon Vance.
There is a difference between someone reading a book AT you and TO you. If you see a Google Drive link instead of source url, means that the file witch you will get after approval is just a summary of original book or the file has been already removed. Loved each and every part of this book.
I will definitely recommend this book to paranormal, vampires lovers. Your Rating:. Your Comment:. Armand is one of my favorite characters. The book was ok, but there are better ones in this series. I love Anne Rice and I couldn't even stand to listen to the whole thing.
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