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    Audiobook (abridged)3 hours

    Violin

    Written by Anne Rice

    Narrated by Maria Tucci

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    About this audiobook

    Anne Rice's Violin tells the story of two charismatic figures bound to each other by a passionate commitment to music as a means of rapture, seduction, and liberation.

    At the novel's center: a uniquely fascinating woman, Triana, and the demonic fiddler Stefan, a tormented ghost who begins to prey upon her, using his magic violin to draw her into a state of madness. But Triana sets out to resist Stefan, and the struggle thrusts them both into a terrifying supernatural realm.

    Violin flows abundant with the history, the drama, and the romantic intensity that have become synonymous with Anne Rice at her incomparable best.

    Anne Rice is the author of eighteen books. She lives in New Orleans.

    Also available as a Random House AudioBook


    From the Trade Paperback edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateOct 11, 1997
    ISBN9780375418358
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    Violin
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    Anne Rice

    A.N. Roquelaure is the pseudonym for bestselling author Anne Rice, the author of 25 books. She lives in New Orleans.

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    • 1/5
      Disappointing
    • 3/5
      Now I really get the fascination and sensuality of Anne Rice's novels. The novel opens with the protagonist, Triana, absorbing herself in the music of the masters after her husband, Karl's, death in their home in New Orleans. Serenading her outside her window as the relatives come into her cave of loneliness is a long-haired, sensuous musician, Stefan. Stefan's story begins to come out in bits and pieces and forms the second third of the novel. We learn about the many deaths in Triana's life and her guilt about them (probably shades of the author's own life), including the horror of a child growing up in an alcoholic household. We then journey to mid-19th century Austria, to the home of Russian aristocrats, and enter Stefan's journey with all its passion and horror. A step into another world that is still quite absorbing, and the first Anne Rice book I've ever read.
    • 5/5
      Amazing. Stunning. A masterpiece.
      This book moved me to a different place, time. A feeling. An emotion.
      Somehow she created music and art out of words in a way few others have ever been able to do.
      I can not say enough how much I enjoyed this book. A true gem in Anne Rice's collection, this book has not been given enough attention by the world. Yet.
    • 1/5
      Considering the level of all Anne Rice's books that I have already read, this one was a complete let down. Perhaps I was expecting something different, as sexy as the books from her vampires series. How upset I was when I found that this book actually tells the story of a woman in such a depression level that it get actually annoying. Amidst her sorrow, this woman meets the ghost of a violinist.

      You hopefully suppose that the story is going to improve now that the woman met the subject of the book, but this is actually where the book gets awfully tedious. During the 400 pages of the book, the only thing that they do is argue and scream at each other. As you go through the story you get to the conclusion that, in spite of the bonds that tight them together in the story, whatever still keeps them together is not clear. It's not the violin. Seriously, it CAN'T be the violin because Triana barely played violin. Stephan's attitudes can be justified. Not Triana's.
      As for the main character, she tells her weird, non-violin related, stupid story about her bizarre past.

      The only part of the book that I effectively liked (and, in my opinion, should've been the core of the book since the first page) was Stephan's story, which could have been better explored but only lasted 10 or 20 pages.
    • 3/5
      Different from her others. I didn't like it at first, but it grew on me. Oddly enough, there was a truly happy ending for all including the ghost. That's a twist! Way too talky, but Rice does that sometimes. Different.
    • 3/5
      Not her best. Actually, most of her other books are better than this one.
    • 2/5
      Violin was a disappointed. I hate to say it, but it was.
    • 3/5
      If you've never read a book of Anne Rice don't start with this! The first few volumes of the Vampire Chronicles are classic... but unfortunately this book never will. The most of the book is simply boring (except the past sequences) written in a way too sentimental baroquesqe periods. Just for fans!
    • 3/5
      Bitter, and sad, and achingly depressing. A slightly odd and difficult read. The author's own struggle with loss? Still, a nice story. Interesting that this is the only Rice I've read thus far with no trace of the erotic encounter.
    • 2/5
      The beginning to middle was sparse and unnecessarily so, making the whole book more of a chore to read than anything else. Nevertheless, trudging through it one is (slightly) rewarded with a cameo appearance from Stefan's teacher and one of the world's greatest composers. As a personal preference, the very last chapters were in my opinion the best (and not because the book would soon be over, either). Overall, unlikeable book, because Triana is a dull character who doesn't even whine complainingly.
    • 2/5
      The beginning - and actually much of the book - was pretty boring to me.In an effort to draw the reader into the mind of the main character we are instead forced to slosh through ramblings of what is in the characters mind. dull. very dull.The story line did pick up somewhat towards the end but not enough to salvage my endearments
    • 5/5
      One of the best by Anne Rice by far. The story flows well and is very poetic and vivid. Very beautifully written. Anyone who is not even a Rice fan should read this book. You will fall in love instantly.
    • 2/5
      Long boring beginning to middle. Cool part in past. Writing Good.