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Vlad by Carlos Fuentes is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Vlad about?

<p class="null1">Where, Carlos Fuentes asks, is a modern-day vampire to roost? Why not Mexico City, populated by ten million blood sausages (that is, people), and a police force who won’t mind a few disappearances?</p> <p>“Vlad” is Vlad the Impaler, of course, whose mythic cruelty was an inspiration for Bram Stoker’s <b>Dracula</b>. In this sly sequel, Vlad really is undead: dispossessed after centuries of mayhem by Eastern European wars and rampant blood shortages. More than a postmodern riff on “the vampire craze,” <b>Vlad</b> is also an anatomy of the Mexican bourgeoisie, as well as our culture’s ways of dealing with death. For—as in Dracula—Vlad has need of both a lawyer and a real-estate agent in order to establish his new kingdom, and Yves Navarro and his wife Asunción fit the bill nicely. Having recently lost a son, might they not welcome the chance to see their remaining child live forever? More importantly, are the pleasures of middle-class life enough to keep one from joining the legions of the damned?</p>

Who reads Vlad?

Author

Carlos Fuentes

Publisher

Columbia University Press

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9781564787804

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Romance