December 11, 2015
I could see his face better now, and the cruel strength of it made me shrink back – the great dark eyes under knitted brows, the long straight nose, the broad bonelike cheeks. His mouth, I saw now, was closed in a hard smile, ruby and curving under his wiry, dark mustache. At one corner […]
Tags: death, dracula, dragon, elizabeth kostova, fantasy, history, letter, life, literature, love, mystery, review, the historian, vampire, vampirism, vlad the impaler
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June 15, 2015
I love this book just as much as I did last year. Perhaps even more, if that’s possible. As far as I know, the English version hasn’t been published yet. Until then and before I write about some other stories by Oliviu Crâznic, I figured it would be a good idea to turn my attention […]
Tags: and then the nightmare came at last, beauty, death, editura vremea, fantasy, fear, gothic, hope, humanity, life, myth, oliviu craznic, review, secret, time, vampire, vampirism
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March 19, 2014
After two weeks of postponing this article, today I gathered my thoughts, got another mug of coffee and sat down to write about Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive. And I can’t tell you how nervous I was. I’ve watched this film three times already: the first time was for my own pleasure, the second […]
Tags: art, drama, film, indragostitii mor ultimii, jim jarmusch, john hurt, literature, mia wasikowska, music, only lovers left alive, review, romance, shakespeare, tilda swinton, tom Hiddleston, vampire, vampirism
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March 17, 2014
Din greșeală… așa a ajuns cartea asta în mâna mea. Am găsit-o aproape pierdută printre volumele masive dintr-o librărie mică acum câțiva ani. Mi-a atras atenția pentru că era o cărțulie elegantă, neagră, cu un liliac anemic pe copertă. Jurnalul unui vampir, scria sub el. Nu chiar cea mai inspirată idee pentru un titlu, dar […]
Tags: bram stoker, dracula, editura art, jurnalul unui vampir, recenzie, vampirism, vlad tepes
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February 10, 2014
Am citit Dracula pentru prima oară când aveam în jur de paisprezece ani; a fost urmat de alte câteva romane cu vampiri şi eseuri despre vampirism. Cu cât trecea timpul, cu atât fascinaţia mea pentru literatura gotică şi pentru „nosferatu” creştea; dar odată cu ea creştea şi dezgustul şi dezamăgirea pentru modul în care vampirii […]
Tags: carmilla, contesa karnstein, dracula, epoca victoriana, nosferatu, recenzie, sheridan le fanu, vampir, vampirism
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