文档介绍:THEVAMPIRELESTATByAnneRiceBookIIofTheVampireChroniclesBALLANTINEBOOKS*:85-40123ISBN0-345-31385-0FirstBallantineBooksEdition:October1986Twenty-firstPrinting:August1992CoverDesign:Scudellari/Munson/AquanThisbookisdedicatedwithlovetoStanRice,KarenO'Brien,andAllenDaviau"WONDERFUL...THEBESTNEWSISTHATTHISISTHEMIDDLEBOOKOFTHECHRONICLESOFTHEVAMPIRES."Playboy"WhereRiceexcelsisinevokingtheelusivenatureofvampiricsexuality,theurgencyofthequestforself-knowledge,thethinlinebetweenarroganceandterror,thelonelinessofwhatisnecessarilyasolitaryexistence."HoustonPost"LestatismorethanasequeltoInterview;it'salsoaprequelandasupplement,swallowingtheearliernovelwhole....Lestatisfiercelyambitious,pleteunnaturalhistoryofvampires....InAnneRice'shands,;insteadofcreepingaboutincharnelhouses,theystandcenterstage,,lickingwithoutshametheirvoluptuouslipsandwhite,sharpteeth."TheVillageVoice"EXTRAVAGANT...FRIGHTENINGANDSURPRISING...ThevampireswhosehungersAnneRicechroniclesarenottheconventionalundead;theyarethetrulyalive....,eptingitskaleidoscopicworld....Likeherownvampires,,shemakesusbelieveeverythingshesees."TheNew-YorkTimesBookReview"Shehasredefinedthenatureofthevampire....whatRicehascreatedisthegestaltofthevampire,passesthismonster'shistory,passionsandweaknessesinstartlingandevenincredibledetail,themonstermadesoreal,sopalpablethatitisasifthevampireactuallyexistedbeforeitemergedfromthepagesofthisbook....here,then,isthevampireLestat...cometodreadfulanddazzlinglife,--!"HoustonChronicle"FASCINATING...ANOVELTOBESAVORED...Riceiscreatinganewvampiremythos,