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The Blood Countess - Paperback By Codrescu, Andrei First Paperback Edition
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A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket for hard covers may not be included. Binding has minimal wear. The majority of pages are undamaged with minimal creasing or tearing, minimal pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages.
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Brand
- Unbranded
- Type
- Novel
- Signed
- No
- Narrative Type
- Fiction
- MPN
- Does not apply
- Features
- complete
- Original Language
- English
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Inscribed
- No
- Intended Audience
- Adults, Young Adults
- Edition
- First Edition
- Vintage
- No
- ISBN
- 9780440221913
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0440221919
ISBN-13
9780440221913
eBay Product ID (ePID)
826513
Product Key Features
Book Title
Blood Countess
Number of Pages
432 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Horror
Publication Year
1996
Genre
Fiction
Format
Mass Market
Dimensions
Item Height
1.3 in
Item Weight
8 Oz
Item Length
6.9 in
Item Width
4.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"AS COMPELLINGLY READABLE AS IT IS THOUGHTFULLY INTELLIGENT. . .The Blood Countess is that rarest of things, a new American novel of serious literary merit that is actually about something."--San Jose Mercury News "A BRILLIANT WORK that reveals much about power and politics and obsession." --St. Petersburg Times "CODRESCU'S WRITING IS RICH. . .suspenseful and chilling. . .a fascinating book."--The Bellingham Herald "A JUICY AND GUSHING STORY that overflows with horror and, surprisingly, humor. . .Codrescu brilliantly parallels Elizabeth's saga with the modern-day court testimony of her direct descendant, Drake Bathory-Kereshtur."--Williamette Week "Codrescu's hallucinatory reconstruction of Elizabeth's bloody deeds reads like the Brothers Grimm as revised by the Marquis de Sade. . .[The novel] serves disturbingly as a personal vision of the persistence of evil."--The Boston Sunday Globe "The Blood Countessis beautiful and horrible in its depiction of raw violence beneath the formal measure of court life."--The Miami Herald, "AS COMPELLINGLY READABLE AS IT IS THOUGHTFULLY INTELLIGENT. . .The Blood Countess is that rarest of things, a new American novel of serious literary merit that is actually about something."--San Jose Mercury News "A BRILLIANT WORK that reveals much about power and politics and obsession." --St. Petersburg Times "CODRESCU'S WRITING IS RICH. . .suspenseful and chilling. . .a fascinating book."--The Bellingham Herald "A JUICY AND GUSHING STORY that overflows with horror and, surprisingly, humor. . .Codrescu brilliantly parallels Elizabeth's saga with the modern-day court testimony of her direct descendant, Drake Bathory-Kereshtur."--Williamette Week "Codrescu's hallucinatory reconstruction of Elizabeth's bloody deeds reads like the Brothers Grimm as revised by the Marquis de Sade. . .[The novel] serves disturbingly as a personal vision of the persistence of evil."--The Boston Sunday Globe "The Blood Countess is beautiful and horrible in its depiction of raw violence beneath the formal measure of court life."--The Miami Herald
TitleLeading
The
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
813.54
Synopsis
Andrei Codrescu, NPR commentator and journalist, has written a fascinating first novel based on the life of his real-life ancestor, Elizabeth Bathory, the legendary Blood Countess. Codrescu expertly weaves together two stories in this neo-gothic work: that of the 16th-century Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory, a beautiful and terrifying woman who bathes in the blood of virgin girls; and of her distant descendent, a contemporary journalist who must return to his native Hungary and come to terms with his bloody and disturbing past. Drake Bathory-Kereshtur, a Hungarian-born journalist who has lived in the United States, returns to his native Hungary, only to be the target for recruitment among a patriotic group that wants to restore the glory--and the horror--of the Hungarian aristocracy. As a descendent of the Countess Elizabeth Bathory, he is heir to all that is wonderful and terrible about his country and his family's past. Codrescu brilliantly explores Drake's anguish, as he realizes the truth behind his gruesome family history. But more importantly, Codrescu also creates a convincing and historically accurate picture of a sadistic woman obsessed with youth, vigor, beauty, and blood_a woman with enough power to order the deaths of 650 virgins so that she could bathe in their blood. The Blood Countess is a bizarre and compelling book about the horrors of the past, shown so effectively in the monstrous yet attractive personality of Elizabeth, and what pull these horrors have on those who live now.
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