Sundays With Vlad [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Bibeau, Paul

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1845297229 ISBN 13: 9781845297220

Casa editrice: Constable, 2008

Riassunto

From the moment his bully of an older sister jumped out of a dresser drawer, baring her convincing glow-in-the-dark vampire fangs, Paul Bibeau was sold on monsters. Though he claims to have been scarred for life by this traumatic childhood experience, he developed an uncanny obsession with the undead.

Years later, his fixation led him to revise his honeymoon plans with his unsuspecting wife to include a side-trip to Wallachia, Romania to visit the historical Castle Dracula - the castle of Vlad the Impaler. Clutching his guidebook like a Bible, Bibeau set off on a sometimes disturbing, often hilarious journey through the legend of Dracula and the country from whence he came.

From movies to novels to the cereal box, Dracula has become quite the cult figure over the centuries, though locals barely bat an eyelid at the surprising breadth of the subculture devoted to him. As if visiting the home of the legendary Dracula weren't enough, Bibeau digs through Bram Stoker's original manuscript, meets with the president of the Dracula Fan Club, and even marches in the Transylvania Day Parade as a giant garlic bulb, all in the hopes of getting at the stone cold heart of vampire mania.

Filled with equal parts humor, irony, and reverence, Sundays with Vlad is an alternative travelogue that will appeal both to vampire fans as well as those fascinated by a segment of society they never see during the light of day.

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Recensione

A hilarious book-a rollicking good read-by a first-time author who is an irrepressible presence throughout, the best of company. His book reminds us of what we often try to cover up-our desire to be other than who we are, if only for a little while, to be unfettered, to let off steam...all in the legendary name of Dracula. If this wonderfully odd, zany work is any indication, Paul Bibeau will be around to delight us for many years to come. (Jonathan Coleman, bestselling author of Exit the Rainmaker and Long Way to Go)

A work to sink your dayglo plastic fangs into, Bibeau's vampire tour leads us through Romania, Hollywood and Minnesota, with stops at all our subconscious fears and dark desires, with plenty of laughs along the way. A consummate fan of vampires, Bibeau insights into his own fascination with the vampire myth are among the book's most enthralling passages. (Dave Wellington, author of 13 Bullets: A Vampire Tale and Monster Nation)

Descrizione del libro

From Pennsylvania to Transylvania, One Man's Quest to Live in the World of the Undead

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• Editore: Constable
• Data di pubblicazione: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1845297229
• ISBN 13: 9781845297220
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 288