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| Author | Anne Rice |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Werewolves |
| Genre | Gothic fiction, horror fiction, werewolf fiction |
| Published | February 14, 2012 |
| Publisher | Random House |
| Media type | Print, e-Book |
| Pages | 416 |
| ISBN | 978-0-307-59511-9 |
| Preceded by | Of Love and Evil |
| Followed by | The Wolves of Midwinter |
The Wolf Gift is the thirty-first novel by Gothic writerAnne Rice, published in February 2012 by Random House. The novel tells the tale of Reuben Golding, a well to do journalist at the fictional San Francisco Observer Crack para toast 10 titanium product. who is attacked by and turned into a werewolf. He spends the duration of the story fleeing the authorities, the media, and DNA analysts.
On April 5, 2012, Rice promoted the novel on The Colbert Report. The book debuted at number 6 on The New York Times Best Seller list for print and E-bookfiction.[1] and number 3 on the Hardcover Fiction list.[1][2]
Background[edit]
The novel is set in Northern California, an area where Rice lived a large portion of her life. Several scenes of the novel take place in the Redwood Forest. Rice explained that The Wolf Gift was not her return to supernatural fiction, stating that the religiously themed novels, Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt and Christ the Lord: The Road to Cana revolved around mystical events as well.[3][4]
At the San-Diego Comic-Con, Rice spoke with MTV about The Wolf Gift: 'It's about a young man who becomes a werewolf. It's my take on what that experience is like for that young man, to experience that transformation and how it works in his life and how he copes with it.'[5]
Reception[edit]
Entertainment Weekly gave the book a letter grade of B minus, marking the most memorable scenes as those where the protagonist practiced and discovered his werewolf powers. This exploration was compared to that of Spider-Man.
Gregory Cowles, writing for The New York Times said, '[Anne Rice] once again mixes vaguely philosophical inquiries about good and evil with standard horror trappings. He furthered his review with an excerpt: 'His fingers, or were they claws, touched his teeth and they were fangs! He could feel them descending, feel his mouth lengthening!..His voice was guttural, roughened..His hands were thickly covered with hair!' Cowles then compared the lycanthropic transformation to puberty. Cowles supported his comparison with a quote from Rice's Amazon.com review of the film The Company of Wolves:[6]
'..a 1984 movie by Neil Jordan (who also directed the big-screen version of 'Interview'). Werewolf films have for decades dealt with the emerging sexuality of adolescents. But this film outdoes them all..It’s in a class with films like Cocteau's Beauty and the Beast. It goes deep to the very core of what the werewolf myth has always been about.'[6]
Characters[edit]
- Reuben Golding – protagonist
- Father Jim Golding – brother
- Phil Golding – father
- Grace Golding – mother
- Marchent Nideck – brief lover
- Felix Nideck – sub-leader of the werewolves and Marchent's ancestor
- Margon – leader of the werewolves
- Laura Dennys – girlfriend
Minor characters[edit]
- Celeste – ex-girlfriend
- Mort – best friend
- Stuart – newly changed werewolf
References[edit]
- ^ abCowles, Gregory. 'Best Sellers - March 04, 2012'. The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
- ^Hardcover Fiction
- ^Scheer, Scheer (13 February 2012). 'Anne Rice's 'The Wolf Gift''. The Washington Post. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
- ^'The Wolf Gift by Anne Rice'. Knopfdoubleday, the official YouTube account for Knopf publishing. 3 October 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
- ^'SDCC 2011: Anne Rice Talks About Her New Book, 'The Wolf Gift''. MTV Geek News. Viacom. 22 July 2011. Retrieved 19 May 2012.
- ^ abCowles, Gregory. 'Inside the List'. The New York Times. The New York Times Company. Retrieved 9 June 2012.
| Author | Anne Rice |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject | Werewolves |
| Genre | Gothic fiction, horror fiction, werewolf fiction |
| Published | October 15, 2013 |
| Publisher | Random House |
| ISBN | 978-0-385-34996-3 |
| Preceded by | The Wolf Gift |
The Wolves of Midwinter is a 2013 novel written by gothic fiction novelist Anne Rice and is the second book in her series The Wolf Gift Chronicles.[1] It debuted at number 14 on The New York Times Best Seller list for print and E-book fiction[2] and number 9 on the Hardcover Fiction list.[3]
Background[edit]
The series as a whole was first inspired by Jeff Eastin after he sent an email to Rice, who stated that 'he had seen a special on werewolves and if I ever decided to tackle the subject he would certainly buy the book and for some reason he just said that at the right time'. The dedication in The Wolf Gift to Eastin is due to this instigation.[4] Rice stated that The Wolf Gift was originally meant to be a standalone book that had a full story. Despite not having the intention for it to be a series, she found that she 'wanted to continue it because I loved the characters and I loved the whole story', leading to the creation of The Wolves of Midwinter. She also commented that she intends to write a third book in the series as well.[5]
The setting of the book is meant to emulate the home and atmosphere of the Madewood Plantation House, which Rice visited in the last 1980's for their Christmas party. Millie Ball, the owner of the plantation, is included in the book's dedication as well.[6]
Critical reception[edit]
NPR reviewer Alan Cheuse noted that while 'the dialogue now and then seems a little stilted', they nonetheless 'really enjoyed watching Rice create yet another world of strangeness and transformations along the lines of her greatest achievements'.[7] Elizabeth Hand, writing for The Washington Post, criticized the novel for offering 'intriguing glimpses of the ancient history of the Morphenkinder and a tantalizing promise of darker revelations to come', yet ultimately involving a plot that is 'only a series of setpieces and occasional supernatural intrusions, all too neatly resolved' that creates a written universe where 'evildoers disappear down the hatch without a trace, ghosts natter on in sappy New Age-speak, and even the werewolves have been metaphorically defanged'.[8]Kirkus Reviews summed up the novel as a 'complex fantasy world [that] relies on an elaborate substructure of lore and history, and the action slows as points of exposition are repetitiously belabored'.[9] A review in Publishers Weekly also pointed out that 'new conflicts and antagonists are introduced and dealt with in a late rush, and Reuben’s forays as Man Wolf are perfunctory, taking up fewer pages than the party planning', but also stated that the book is 'not without charm', especially due to its 'sympathetic protagonists' and that the 'series mythology, suggesting that the fair folk may be evolved human ghosts, is fascinating'.[10]
References[edit]
- ^Chaney, Candace (October 20, 2013). 'Werewolf series opens doors to stories; vampires didn't, author Anne Rice says'. Lexington Herald-Leader. Lexington, Kentucky: Rufus Friday. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
- ^Cowles, Gregory (November 3, 2013). 'Combined Print & E-Book Fiction'. The New York Times. New York City: Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ^Cowles, Gregory (November 3, 2013). 'Hardcover Fiction'. The New York Times. New York City: Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, Jr. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ^Bravo, Tony (November 7, 2013). 'Anne and Christopher Rice: Fall In Love With This Mother-Son Author Team'. KQED. San Francisco, California: Northern California Public Broadcasting. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ^Park, Andrea (October 13, 2013). 'Anne Rice discusses her new book, 'True Blood' and Halloween'. Metro. New York City. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ^Waddington, Chris (October 21, 2013). 'Anne Rice celebrates her 26th novel with New Orleans fans'. The Times-Picayune. New Orleans, Louisiana: Ricky Mathews. Retrieved June 4, 2014.
- ^Cheuse, Alan (October 15, 2013). 'Anne Rice's Wolves Are Worth Catching Up To'. NPR. Washington D.C.: National Public Radio, Inc. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ^Hand, Elizabeth (October 28, 2013). ''The Wolves of Midwinter,' by Anne Rice'. The Washington Post. Washington D.C.: Katharine Weymouth. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ^'THE WOLVES OF MIDWINTER'. Kirkus Reviews. Herbert Simon. August 6, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
- ^'The Wolves of Midwinter'. Publishers Weekly. PWxyz LLC. August 26, 2013. Retrieved June 3, 2014.
External links[edit]
- The Wolves of Midwinter on Random House, Publisher website