Another book I can't put down....

[matrixrefugee]

And that would be "The Historian", by Elizabeth Kostova. She pretty much blends the Dracula of history with the Dracula of Bram Stoker's creation and yet frames the narrative in one of the most meditative, subtle structures I have ever seen in vampire lit yet. It's a slow, reflective read, but it has a nice rhythm to it. Definitely a book to be read with a sharp mind, as the horror and vampirism elements are handled very subtly, with none of the near-hysteria that Stoker brings to his book (not that there's anything wrong in hysteria, I just felt it got a bit excessive in places, but I could just be looking at it with a modern outlook).

Also: because my dad has night watchman duties on Wednesday night, we decided to have our St. Paddy's Day dinner at Cracker Barrel tonight instead; I got a Reuben sandwich, like I did last year: scrumptious!!

Aaaand, looking forward to watching The Irish R.M. now that Dad got the DVD/VCR combo to play nice with the TV.

Not too thrilled that I only got hours on Wednesday, but perhaps I can score more on Friday.

Comments

[northernwalker]

I'm going to have to get this tomorrow at the library.

[matrixrefugee.livejournal.com]

You're going to love it: lots of lush descriptions and scholarly conversation, but it's never dull or dry.

[tomboy-typist.livejournal.com]

I'm so glad you like this book! It just -- made me feel so enlightened and the suspense was killing me every moment of the way.

And I kind of loved the whole story-arch, even if the jumping POVs were sometimes making my life difficult. But I think there's something very post-modern about it, like a narrative collage, and I kind of want to learn from Kostova, actually. >.>