- Historical Fiction, Legends, Vampires, Fiction
To you, perceptive reader, I bequeath my history....Late one night, exploring her father's library, a young woman finds an ancient book and a cache of yellowing letters.
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- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- contemplativerelentless
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Elizabeth Kostova
- First published
- 2005
- Pages
- 661
- Publisher
- Swiat Ksiazki, Little Brown P/B, Back Bay Books
- Editions
- 32
- Language
- Japanese, Chinese, Swedish, German
- ISBN
- 9781594830372
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“In 1972 I was sixteen - young, my father said, to be traveling with him on his diplomatic missions.”
Kostova's interest in the Dracula legend began with the stories her father told her about the vampire when she was a child. The family lived in Ljubljana, Slovenia in 1972, while her father was teaching at a local university; during that year, the family traveled across Europe. According to Kostova, "It was the formative experience of my childhood." Kostova's interest in books and libraries began early as well. Her mother, a librarian, frequently took her and her sisters to the public library—they were each allowed to check out 30 books and had a special shelf for their library books. ([Source][1].) [1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Kostova
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