Violin (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780679433026)

In the grand manner of Interview with the Vampire, this thrilling novel moves across time and the continents, from nineteenth-century Vienna to a St. Charles Greek Revival mansion in present-day New Orleans to the dazzling capitals of the modern-day world, telling a story of two charismatic figures bound to each other by a passionate commitment to music as a means of rapture, seduction, and liberation.

At the novel's center: a uniquely fascinating woman, Triana--who once dreamed of becoming a great musician--and the demonic fiddler Stefan, tormented ghost of a Russian aristocrat, who begins to prey upon her, using his magic violin first to enchant, then to dominate and draw her into a state of madness through the music she loves.

But Triana understands the power of the music perhaps even more than does Stefan--and she sets out to resist Stefan and to fight not only for her sanity but for her life. The struggle draws them both into a terrifying supernatural realm where they find themselves surrounded by memories, by horrors, and by overwhelming truths. Battling desperately, they are at last propelled towards the novel's astonishing and unforgettable climax.

Violin is crowded with the history, the drama, the invention, and the romantic intensity that have become synonymous with Anne Rice at her incomparable best.

Author: Anne Rice
ISBN-10: 0679433023
ISBN-13: 9780679433026
Publisher: Knopf Publishing Group
Language: English
Published: 10/11/1997
Pages: 288
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.40lbs
Size: 9.59h x 6.64w x 1.19d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 06/01/1997 pg. 80
Publishers Weekly 08/18/1997 pg. 66
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/1997 pg. 1146
Booklist 08/01/1997 pg. 1849
Library Journal 09/15/1997 pg. 102
New York Times 10/19/1997 pg. 26