The Letters of Mina Harker (Lingo Books) [Paperback]

Dodie Bellamny (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 25, 1998 | Series: Lingo Books (Book 5)

A fixture in the San Francisco literary scene for over a decade, Dodie Bellamy will surpass the expectations of her many fans with this new book--which traces a woman's relationships with three very different men and her involvement in 20th-century vampire culture. This is a nearly indescribable epistolary novel that brings the heroine of Bram Stoker's DRACULA forward into the acronymic age of MTV, HIV, ATM, VCR, etc.

Editorial Reviews

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"The Letters of Mina Harker unfurls like a red velvet carpet wilkomming you to a house of horrors.  And the more you succumb, the more that red carpet begins to resemble a thick wet tongue, slicking you up for the ride down the hot narrow throat of postmodern narrative."—Traci Vogel, San Francisco Bay Guardian

"Dodie Bellamy writes a brilliant gossip and if there’s anything better than literature this is it. Writing that’s pageless, so insinuating, above and below board, luscious deeply fucked up extravagant work. It looks good from here."—Eileen Myles

"Dodie Bellamy’s The Letters of Mina Harker gets rid of the question of fact versus fiction, while also being ravishing, not to mention totally aloof and needy at the same time."—The Village Voice

--This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

From the Publisher

Library of American Fiction

Terrace Books

1998 Paperback, Hard Press --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 224 pages
• Publisher: Hard Press Editions (December 25, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1889097144
• ISBN-13: 978-1889097145
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5.1 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,765,254 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Undead-- And Back In Print!, December 26, 2004

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Clint Catalyst "Author and Public Nuisance" (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Letters of Mina Harker (Library of American Fiction) (Paperback)

Bellamy's employment of language is intoxicating: her sentences swirling around like smoke in a fat-bellied glass pipe, the body of her work crackling with the brilliance of a heretofore unknown substance. This modern-day vampire tale set in San Francisco pounds a stake in the heart of literary conventions--transcending form and sexual orientation--and sends my blood rushing. _The Letters of Mina Harker_ is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary literature.

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3.0 out of 5 stars Letters of Mina harker, August 2, 2009

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This review is from: The Letters of Mina Harker (Library of American Fiction) (Paperback)

To sexually explicit with strange porn type concepts that i prefer not to read. It was a book I had to get for an Arts and humanities class that I am taking. it's a take off from Dracula.