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«Voice of the Blood», Jemiah Jefferson
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на английском
Graduate student Ariane Dempsey and her boyfriend John Thurbis are living a typical academic intellectual life. The only cloud on the horizon is that John is about to leave for England as a guest lecturer at Cambridge. They are having the usual difficulties of a couple facing a long separation when suddenly Ariane is catapulted into an unexpected nightmare. On returning to her lab one night she surprises a 'creature' in the middle of devouring her lab rats. In a flash it turns on her, and, in the most unusual fashion possible, fulfills its needs with her blood.
Ariane awakens in the hospital, recovers, and life goes on. As John readies to leave Ariane receives a letter of apology and an invitation to visit her intruder. When John flies to England Ariane has her first meeting with Ricari, the most ethereal of vampires. Hei is a complete ascetic, drinking only enough blood to survive, celibate, a devout catholic, and, currently, deeply desiring to end his two hundred years of life. Ariane agrees to help him if only he will share his story with her. But Ricari's end winds up being infinitely postponed as Ariane and he gradually come to love each other. But it is a doomed relationship. Ricari refuses to turn Ariane and continues to be driven by his own death wish. Finally, in a fit of anger, he injures her so badly that he sends to another vampire, Daniel, to get her out of his life.
Daniel repairs Ariane's injuries and introduces her to a lifestyle that is bizarre, even for Los Angeles. Living in earthquake damaged buildings; Daniel and a crowd of ragamuffin humans who are his followers carry out a lifestyle that is as erotically charged as Ricari's life was ascetic. There, Ariane meets Lovely, Chloe, Mimsy, and many other eccentric characters that have fled their own lives to pursue existence with a vampire. Ariane and Daniel become lovers caught in a dance that will inevitable lead through cycles of lust, death, and rebirth.
The novel has several levels, the vampire tale, the quest for transformation, and moments that are poetic in a post-modern sense. But the strongest theme is that of a sexuality which is both raw and rude. This is a modern gothic romance, and the players refer to their parts by name and function, and do some very unusual things with them. If you are easily shocked this may put you off of the story, so be warned. There is still a remarkable femininity to the sexuality, which should come as no surprise, since the story is written and told by a woman. For the most part I found the approach refreshing and imaginative. A far cry, however, from the lush sensuality of Anne Rice and Laurell Hamilton.
The book has much to recommend it, apart from the note that it is not for children. I do not know if Jemiah Jefferson will continue to experiment with the horror genre or if she will head off to more experiment zones. But I can recommend this book, and suggest you keep your eye out for her further efforts.
на английском
Graduate student Ariane Dempsey and her boyfriend John Thurbis are living a typical academic intellectual life. The only cloud on the horizon is that John is about to leave for England as a guest lecturer at Cambridge. They are having the usual difficulties of a couple facing a long separation when suddenly Ariane is catapulted into an unexpected nightmare. On returning to her lab one night she surprises a 'creature' in the middle of devouring her lab rats. In a flash it turns on her, and, in the most unusual fashion possible, fulfills its needs with her blood.
Ariane awakens in the hospital, recovers, and life goes on. As John readies to leave Ariane receives a letter of apology and an invitation to visit her intruder. When John flies to England Ariane has her first meeting with Ricari, the most ethereal of vampires. Hei is a complete ascetic, drinking only enough blood to survive, celibate, a devout catholic, and, currently, deeply desiring to end his two hundred years of life. Ariane agrees to help him if only he will share his story with her. But Ricari's end winds up being infinitely postponed as Ariane and he gradually come to love each other. But it is a doomed relationship. Ricari refuses to turn Ariane and continues to be driven by his own death wish. Finally, in a fit of anger, he injures her so badly that he sends to another vampire, Daniel, to get her out of his life.
Daniel repairs Ariane's injuries and introduces her to a lifestyle that is bizarre, even for Los Angeles. Living in earthquake damaged buildings; Daniel and a crowd of ragamuffin humans who are his followers carry out a lifestyle that is as erotically charged as Ricari's life was ascetic. There, Ariane meets Lovely, Chloe, Mimsy, and many other eccentric characters that have fled their own lives to pursue existence with a vampire. Ariane and Daniel become lovers caught in a dance that will inevitable lead through cycles of lust, death, and rebirth.
The novel has several levels, the vampire tale, the quest for transformation, and moments that are poetic in a post-modern sense. But the strongest theme is that of a sexuality which is both raw and rude. This is a modern gothic romance, and the players refer to their parts by name and function, and do some very unusual things with them. If you are easily shocked this may put you off of the story, so be warned. There is still a remarkable femininity to the sexuality, which should come as no surprise, since the story is written and told by a woman. For the most part I found the approach refreshing and imaginative. A far cry, however, from the lush sensuality of Anne Rice and Laurell Hamilton.
The book has much to recommend it, apart from the note that it is not for children. I do not know if Jemiah Jefferson will continue to experiment with the horror genre or if she will head off to more experiment zones. But I can recommend this book, and suggest you keep your eye out for her further efforts.
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