Vlad - A Novel ∥ Fuentes, Carlos
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商品コード: 180995
商品コード(SBC): 180995
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ISBN13: 9781564787798
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サイズ: 13 x 18.5 x 1.7 cm
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頁 数: 112 pgs.
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装 丁: hard cover
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出版社: Dalkey Archive Press
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発行年: 2012
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発行地: New York
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- Translated by E. Shaskan Bumas and Alejandro Branger
Description:
‘Vlad’ is Vlad the Impaler, of course, whose mythic cruelty was an inspiration for Bram Stoker’s Dracula. In this sly sequel, Vlad really is undead: dispossessed after centuries of mayhem by Eastern European wars and rampant blood shortages. More than a postmodern riff on ‘the vampire craze,’ Vlad is also an anatomy of the Mexican bourgeoisie, as well as our culture’s ways of dealing with death. For--as in Dracula--Vlad has need of both a lawyer and a real-estate agent in order to establish his new kingdom, and Yves Navarro and his wife Asunci n fit the bill nicely. Having recently lost a son, might they not welcome the chance to see their remaining child live forever? More importantly, are the pleasures of middle-class life enough to keep one from joining the legions of the damned?