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Loading... Memnoch le démon (original 1995; edition 2013)by Anne Rice (Author), Isabelle Glasberg (Traduction)
Work InformationMemnoch the Devil by Anne Rice (1995)
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Belongs to SeriesIs contained in9 Book Collection of Anne Rice: The Queen of the Damned, The Tale of the Body Thief, Interview With The Vampire, Memnoch by Anne Rice Interview with the Vampire / The Vampire Lestat / The Queen of the Damned / The Tale of the Body Thief / Memnoch the Devil by Ann Rice LASHER/CRY TO HEAVEN/PANDORA/THE FEAST OF ALL THE SAINTS/THE MUMMY/MENNOCH THE DEVIL/THE TALE OF THE BODY THIEF/TALTOS/SERVANT OF THE BONES (ANN RICE NOVELS) by Anne Rice Vittorio the Vampire / The Vampire Lestat / Interview With the Vampire / The Vampire Armand / Queen of the Damned / Merrick / The Witching Hour / Blood Canticle / The Mummy / Memnoch the Devil / Taltos by Ann Rice Interview With the Vampire / The Vampire Lestat / The Queen of the Damned / The Tale of the Body Thief / Memnoch the Devil / The Vampire Armand by Anne Rice Anne Rice 3 Pack- The Tale of the Body Thief / Memnoch the Devil / The Vampire Armand (The Vampire Chronicles, 4, 5 & 6) by Anne Rice Distinctions
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HTML:"STARTLING . . . FIENDISH . . . MEMNOCH'S TALE IS COMPELLING." â??New York Daily News "Like Interview with the Vampire, Memnoch has a half-maddened, fever-pitch intensity. . . . Narrated by Rice's most cherished character, the vampire Lestat, Memnoch tells a tale as old as Scripture's legends and as modern as today's religious strife." â??Rolling Stone "SENSUAL . . . BOLD, FAST-PACED." â??USA Today "Rice has penned an ambitious close to this long-running series. . . . Fans will no doubt devour this." â??The Washington Post Book World "MEMNOCH THE DEVIL OFFERS PASSAGES OF POETIC BRILLIANCE." â??Playboy "[MEMNOCH] is one of Rice's most intriguing and sympathetic characters to date. . . . Rice ups the ante, taking Lestat where few writers have ventured: into heaven and hell itself. She carries it off in top form." â?? No library descriptions found. |
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They are immortals (or near-immortals), they've seen empires and civilizations rise and fall, they have the urge to kill people or make them vampires by sucking their blood but they are sooo sensitive it is unbelievable.
Whenever I read about immortal men and women I compare the work against Wagner's Kane - much more believable "immortal" character, one that has been there, did that and looks at all the others as mere pawns, time-limited acquaintances. Don't get me wrong he does get in love, has passion but he is simply ..... bored because he can foresee what comes next because he saw it before.
Lestat is similar character, rebel in soul, adventurer and murderer but vampire with doubts regarding the religion .... vampire in spiritual crisis. Interesting premise and interesting story - I enjoyed it.
What I cannot understand is why is Lestat's character so emotional - he kills people for centuries in order to survive but suffers immensely every time he draws blood? Little silly in my opinion but OK. I don't say he has to be a brute, a killer - there are numerous novels about similar characters who end up in spiritual crisis but who have a stand, a look at the world, who did horrible things and know it - you don't have to like them but you can understand them and their views. But Lestat is so emotional, so unstable that when everybody around him remembers his feats and adventures you simply cannot link those events to Lestat character.
Story is OK, plot is interesting (especially like the twist) but Lestat's character and pretty rushed ending kinda ruin it a bit for me.
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