The Blood Countess - Paperback By Codrescu, Andrei First Paperback Edition

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Condition
Good: A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including ...
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
Category

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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
Author
Andrei Codrescu
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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