1995, ISBN: 0679441018

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[EAN: 9780679441014], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, N.Y.], VAMPIRE, LESTAT, MEMNOCH, SATAN, DEVIL, TELEVANGELIST, ROGER FLYNN, VERONICA'S VEIL, RELICS, CO… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780679441014], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Alfred A. Knopf, New York, N.Y.], VAMPIRE, LESTAT, MEMNOCH, SATAN, DEVIL, TELEVANGELIST, ROGER FLYNN, VERONICA'S VEIL, RELICS, COCAINE, SMUGGLER, MURDER, SOUL, REDEMPTION, SALVATION, SOUTHERN COMFORT, Jacket, [10], 353, [5] pages. DJ front flap has small crease. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper; Inscription reads For Kevin, Anne Rice. Includes Prologue, as well as 26 chapters. This is the fifth in the Vampire Chronicles; Anne Rice takes us, with Lestat, into the mythical world that is most important to us--into the realms of our own theology. Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien, October 4, 1941) is an American author of gothic fiction, Christian literature, and erotic literature. She is perhaps best known for her series of novels The Vampire Chronicles, which revolve around the central character Lestat. Books from The Vampire Chronicles were the subject of two film adaptations, Interview with the Vampire (1994), and Queen of the Damned (2002). Born in New Orleans, Rice spent much of her early life there before moving to Texas, and later to San Francisco. She began her professional writing career with the publication of Interview with the Vampire in 1976, while living in California, and began writing sequels to the novel in the 1980s. She considers herself a secular humanist. Rice's books have sold nearly 100 million copies, placing her among the most popular authors in recent American history. While reaction to her early works was initially mixed, she became more popular with critics and readers in the 1980s. Her writing style and the literary content of her works have been analyzed by literary commentators. In addition to her vampire novels, Rice has authored books such as The Feast of All Saints (adapted for television in 2001) and Servant of the Bones. In this new novel, the Vampire Lestat--outsider, canny monster, hero-wanderer--is at last offered the chance to be redeemed. He is brought into direct confrontation with both God and the Devil, and into the land of Death. In the first four Vampire Chronicles, Anne Rice summoned for us worlds that are fantastic and distant, making them as resonant, real, and immediate as our own. Now, in her most daring and darkest novel, she takes us, with Lestat, into the mythical world that is most important to us--into the realms of our own theology. Derived from a Kirkus review: The fifth volume in the Vampire Lestat chronicles finds Lestat pitted against the greatest adversaries of his bloody life: God and the Devil. Rice's richly descriptive work is less horror novel than a knockoff of Dostoevsky's theological battles. Lestat is obsessed by Roger Flynn, a handsome billionaire cocaine smuggler whom he stalks for months and at last kills and dismembers. Then surprise: Roger's ghost turns up drinking Southern Comfort on a Manhattan barstool beside Lestat. All Roger wants is for Lestat to deliver some laundered cash and a trove of religious relics to his daughter, Dora, a New Orleans televangelist. The relics include a fake Veronica's Veil, perhaps 400 years old. Lestat flies Dora to Manhattan, shows her the apartment full of Roger's fabulous relics and cash. But Lestat hears the Hound of Heaven chasing him, which is also Memnoch the Devil (Satan), who takes Lestat to Limbo, engages him in cosmic chat about evil, and tries to get him to join him as co-ruler in Hell. Memnoch, a fantastic altruist, fights God for the betterment of mankind, especially for souls in Hell who someday deserve to go upstairs to Heaven. Then, after a huge chat with God, who tries to sign Lestat up for His team, the immortal vampire joins Jesus on the way to Calvary, is given the true Veronica's Veil after Christ imprints his bloody face on it, and has a horrific tour of Hell, full of souls trying to wash away their sins. Will Lestat choose Heaven or Hell? And will he get the real Veronica's Veil back to Dora? A vastly daring change of pace for the atheist Lestat, a tormented Ivan Karamazov tied into spiritual knots and left disbelieving his own senses. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing., Books<

2002, ISBN: 9780679441014

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New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. [10], 353, [5] pages. DJ front flap has small crease. Inscribed… Mehr…

New York, N.Y.: Alfred A. Knopf, 1995. First Edition [stated], presumed first printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. [10], 353, [5] pages. DJ front flap has small crease. Inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper; Inscription reads For Kevin, Anne Rice. Includes Prologue, as well as 26 chapters. This is the fifth in the Vampire Chronicles; Anne Rice takes us, with Lestat, into the mythical world that is most important to us--into the realms of our own theology. Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien, October 4, 1941) is an American author of gothic fiction, Christian literature, and erotic literature. She is perhaps best known for her series of novels The Vampire Chronicles, which revolve around the central character Lestat. Books from The Vampire Chronicles were the subject of two film adaptations, Interview with the Vampire (1994), and Queen of the Damned (2002). Born in New Orleans, Rice spent much of her early life there before moving to Texas, and later to San Francisco. She began her professional writing career with the publication of Interview with the Vampire in 1976, while living in California, and began writing sequels to the novel in the 1980s. She considers herself a secular humanist. Rice's books have sold nearly 100 million copies, placing her among the most popular authors in recent American history. While reaction to her early works was initially mixed, she became more popular with critics and readers in the 1980s. Her writing style and the literary content of her works have been analyzed by literary commentators. In addition to her vampire novels, Rice has authored books such as The Feast of All Saints (adapted for television in 2001) and Servant of the Bones. In this new novel, the Vampire Lestat--outsider, canny monster, hero-wanderer--is at last offered the chance to be redeemed. He is brought into direct confrontation with both God and the Devil, and into the land of Death. In the first four Vampire Chronicles, Anne Rice summoned for us worlds that are fantastic and distant, making them as resonant, real, and immediate as our own. Now, in her most daring and darkest novel, she takes us, with Lestat, into the mythical world that is most important to us--into the realms of our own theology. Derived from a Kirkus review: The fifth volume in the Vampire Lestat chronicles finds Lestat pitted against the greatest adversaries of his bloody life: God and the Devil. Rice's richly descriptive work is less horror novel than a knockoff of Dostoevsky's theological battles. Lestat is obsessed by Roger Flynn, a handsome billionaire cocaine smuggler whom he stalks for months and at last kills and dismembers. Then surprise: Roger's ghost turns up drinking Southern Comfort on a Manhattan barstool beside Lestat. All Roger wants is for Lestat to deliver some laundered cash and a trove of religious relics to his daughter, Dora, a New Orleans televangelist. The relics include a fake Veronica's Veil, perhaps 400 years old. Lestat flies Dora to Manhattan, shows her the apartment full of Roger's fabulous relics and cash. But Lestat hears the Hound of Heaven chasing him, which is also Memnoch the Devil (Satan), who takes Lestat to Limbo, engages him in cosmic chat about evil, and tries to get him to join him as co-ruler in Hell. Memnoch, a fantastic altruist, fights God for the betterment of mankind, especially for souls in Hell who someday deserve to go upstairs to Heaven. Then, after a huge chat with God, who tries to sign Lestat up for His team, the immortal vampire joins Jesus on the way to Calvary, is given the true Veronica's Veil after Christ imprints his bloody face on it, and has a horrific tour of Hell, full of souls trying to wash away their sins. Will Lestat choose Heaven or Hell? And will he get the real Veronica's Veil back to Dora? A vastly daring change of pace for the atheist Lestat, a tormented Ivan Karamazov tied into spiritual knots and left disbelieving his own senses., Alfred A. Knopf, 1995, 3<

1995, ISBN: 0679441018

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[EAN: 9780679441014], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Knopf], Jacket, black Board HC -Gilt Lettering. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New.Unread, Unmarked First Edition Stated… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780679441014], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [PU: Knopf], Jacket, black Board HC -Gilt Lettering. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New.Unread, Unmarked First Edition Stated-First Printing. 7/95 inside rear dj flap; pp. 354 + 1; collectible. is the fifth in the Vampire Chronicles; Anne Rice takes us, with Lestat, into the mythical world that is most important to us--into the realms of our own theology. Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien, October 4, 1941) is an American author of gothic fiction, Christian literature, and erotic literature. She is perhaps best known for her series of novels The Vampire Chronicles, which revolve around the central character Lestat. Books from The Vampire Chronicles were the subject of two film adaptations, Interview with the Vampire (1994), and Queen of the Damned (2002). Born in New Orleans, Rice spent much of her early life there before moving to Texas, and later to San Francisco. She began her professional writing career with the publication of Interview with the Vampire in 1976, while living in California, and began writing sequels to the novel in the 1980s. She considers herself a secular humanist. Rice's books have sold nearly 100 million copies, placing her among the most popular authors in recent American history. While reaction to her early works was initially mixed, she became more popular with critics and readers in the 1980s. Her writing style and the literary content of her works have been analyzed by literary commentators. In addition to her vampire novels, Rice has authored books such as The Feast of All Saints (adapted for television in 2001) and Servant of the Bones. In this new novel, the Vampire Lestat--outsider, canny monster, hero-wanderer--is at last offered the chance to be redeemed. He is brought into direct confrontation with both God and the Devil, and into the land of Death. In the first four Vampire Chronicles, Anne Rice summoned for us worlds that are fantastic and distant, making them as resonant, real, and immediate as our own. Now, in her most daring and darkest novel, she takes us, with Lestat, into the mythical world that is most important to us--into the realms of our own theology. Derived from a Kirkus review: The fifth volume in the Vampire Lestat chronicles finds Lestat pitted against the greatest adversaries of his bloody life: God and the Devil. Rice's richly descriptive work is less horror novel than a knockoff of Dostoevsky's theological battles. Lestat is obsessed by Roger Flynn, a handsome billionaire cocaine smuggler whom he stalks for months and at last kills and dismembers. Then surprise: Roger's ghost turns up drinking Southern Comfort on a Manhattan barstool beside Lestat. All Roger wants is for Lestat to deliver some laundered cash and a trove of religious relics to his daughter, Dora, a New Orleans televangelist. The relics include a fake Veronica's Veil, perhaps 400 years old. Lestat flies Dora to Manhattan, shows her the apartment full of Roger's fabulous relics and cash. But Lestat hears the Hound of Heaven chasing him, which is also Memnoch the Devil (Satan), who takes Lestat to Limbo, engages him in cosmic chat about evil, and tries to get him to join him as co-ruler in Hell. Memnoch, a fantastic altruist, fights God for the betterment of mankind, especially for souls in Hell who someday deserve to go upstairs to Heaven. Then, after a huge chat with God, who tries to sign Lestat up for His team, the immortal vampire joins Jesus on the way to Calvary, is given the true Veronica's Veil after Christ imprints his bloody face on it, and has a horrific tour of Hell, full of souls trying to wash away their sins. Will Lestat choose Heaven or Hell? And will he get the real Veronica's Veil back to Dora? A vastly daring change of pace for the atheist Lestat, a tormented Ivan Karamazov tied into spiritual knots and left disbelieving his own senses. First Edition [stated], Books<

1995, ISBN: 0679441018

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[EAN: 9780679441014], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Alfred A. Knopf], Jacket, Very Good/Very Good condition. First edition, first printing. No markings to the text block. No marks o… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780679441014], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Alfred A. Knopf], Jacket, Very Good/Very Good condition. First edition, first printing. No markings to the text block. No marks of personal identification or prior ownership. DJ in Brodart cover.; 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall, Books<