《吸血鬼黎斯特》為安.萊絲「吸血鬼紀事」 (The Vampire Chronicles)的第二部。(前一部為《夜訪吸血鬼》)
在描述自 18 世紀末到 20 世紀近兩百年間吸血鬼們愛慾糾纏的《夜訪吸血鬼》一書中,主角之一的黎斯特英俊而泠酷;到了《吸血鬼黎斯特》,他更成為主角中的主角。身為法國大革命前的一名風流貴族,搖身一變成為1980年代的搖滾歌星;他穿越時空四處尋覓同類,努力探詢自身長年不死的神奇奧祕,一段驚心動魄經歷構築了魔幻、恐怖、複雜的精彩故事,將引領讀者身歷其境、無法呼吸。
★本書中譯本由時報出版
#1 New York Times Bestselling author - Surrender to fiction's greatest creature of the night - Book II of the Vampire Chronicles
The vampire hero of Anne Rice's enthralling novel is a creature of the darkest and richest imagination. Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now a rock star in the demonic, shimmering 1980s, he rushes through the centuries in search of others like him, seeking answers to the mystery of his eternal, terrifying exsitence. His is a mesmerizing story--passionate, complex, and thrilling.
Praise for The Vampire Lestat
"Frightening, sensual . . . Anne Rice will live on through the ages of literature. . . . To read her is to become giddy as if spinning through the mind of time, to become lightheaded as if our blood is slowly being drained away."--San Francisco Chronicle
"Fiercely ambitious, nothing less than a complete unnatural history of vampires."--The VillageVoice
"Brilliant . . . its undead characters are utterly alive."--The New York Times Book Review
"Luxuriantly created and richly told."--The Cleveland Plain Dealer