Vlad Contributor(s): Fuentes, Carlos (Author), Bumas, E. Shaskan (Translator), Branger, Alejandro (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1564787796 ISBN-13: 9781564787798 Publisher: Dalkey Archive Press OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2012 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary |
Dewey: FIC |
LCCN: 2012006983 |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 5.1" W x 7.1" (0.50 lbs) 122 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - Mexican |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Where, Carlos Fuentes asks, is a modern-day vampire to roost? Why not Mexico City, populated by ten million blood sausages (that is, people), and a police force who won't mind a few disappearances? "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? |