The Vampire Armand (The Vampire Chronicles) Book 6
by Anne Rice
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Author: Anne RiceEdition: Mass Market Paperback
Published: 2000-10-03
ISBN: 0345434803
Number of pages: 457
Publisher: Ballantine Books
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Book Review: Partially Fantastic
Summary: 4 Stars
I came across this book completely by accident - I had no intention of reading any book of the Vampire Chronicles after finishing Interview, becuase I thought it was way too far fetched. I especially disliked the plot of Memnoch, because it went more than just a notch too far - it was completely mentally unbalanced. But, having come across this intriguing installment regarding one of my favorite characters, I decided to give it a shot.
While reading the first part of "The Vampire Armand" I was simply hooked - I found myself fascinated by 15th Century Venice and Armand's intriguing and erotic relationship with the astounding character of Marius. I read it whenever I could and loved it; I thought it was a brilliant story about love, life and guilt, rather than a 'vampire' story, especially in the moving segment where Armand returns home and meets his parents once more. I was sure to name the book one of the best I'd ever read until I got to Part 2. Having read the glorious part 1, ending with a rather enigmatic and dark tone, I felt I can't wait to find out what happens next. However, I was very disappointed. We had returned to bizzare Vampire stories. The revelation of the plot Claudia had with Armand completely ruined her character and her death for me; it was just plain ridiculous. I couldn't care less about the blood of Christ and so on and so forth and all of those depictions of Hell and Heaven. The image of Lestat's torn eye disgusted me. In short, I felt the second and third parts were terrible, uninteresting, and disgusting. But, since the first part is still the majority of the book, I'll have to give it four stars, for a splendid, moving and touching beginning. I am also certain that I will not read any other Rice books from now on.
Highly recommended if you liked Memnoch the Devil... Highly recommended to just skip Parts 2 and 3 if you didn't.
Summary of The Vampire Armand (The Vampire Chronicles) Book 6
In The Vampire Armand, Anne Rice returns to her indomitable Vampire Chronicles and recaptures the gothic horror and delight she first explored in her classic tale Interview with the Vampire (in which Armand, played by Antonio Banderas in the film version, made his first appearance as director of the Th??tre des Vampires).The story begins in the aftermath of Memnoch the Devil. Vampires from all over the globe have gathered around Lestat, who lies prostrate on the floor of a cathedral. Dead? In a coma? As Armand reflects on Lestat's condition, he is drawn by David Talbot to tell the story of his own life. The narrative abruptly rushes back to 15th-century Constantinople, and the Armand of the present recounts the fragmented memories of his childhood abduction from Kiev. Eventually, he is sold to a Venetian artist (and vampire), Marius. Rice revels in descriptions of the sensual relationship between the young and still-mortal Armand and his vampiric mentor. But when Armand is finally transformed, the tone of the book dramatically shifts. Raw and sexually explicit scenes are displaced by Armand's introspective quest for a union of his Russian Orthodox childhood, his hedonistic life with Marius, and his newly acquired immortality. These final chapters remind one of the archetypal significance of Rice's vampires; at their best, Armand, Lestat, and Marius offer keen insights into the most human of concerns.
The Vampire Armand is richly intertextual; readers will relish the retelling of critical events from Lestat and Louis's narratives. Nevertheless, the novel is very much Armand's own tragic tale. Rice deftly integrates the necessary back-story for new readers to enter her epic series, and the introduction of a few new voices adds a fresh perspective--and the promise of provocative future installments. --Patrick O'Kelley
Die-hard Anne Rice fans will enjoy listening to this unabridged version of her latest installment of The Vampire Chronicles--the tale of the soulful, eternally young, Botticelli-faced Armand. Reader Jonathan Marosz instills a lot of effort as well as time--a mind-blowing 16 hours--as he uses several voices to take us from modern-day New Orleans back through 500 years of history in this bodice ripper without bodices. Marosz deftly handles the anguished conversations, the bloody feedings, and the ripe homosexual erotica that is bound to turn ears red. Familiarity with Rice's earlier Vampire Chronicles works will help; new Vampire Chronicles listeners may find themselves hitting rewind frequently as they try to discern dialogue, character relationships, and history. (Running time: 16 hours, 10 cassettes) --Kimberly Heinrichs
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In the latest installment of The Vampire Chronicles, Anne Rice summons up dazzling worlds to bring us the story of Armand - eternally young, with the face of a Botticelli angel. Armand, who first appeared in all his dark glory more than twenty years ago in the now-classic Interview with the Vampire, the first of The Vampire Chronicles, the novel that established its author worldwide as a magnificent storyteller and creator of magical realms.
Now, we go 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 we see him emotionally and intellectually in thrall to the great vampire Marius, who masquerades among humankind 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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