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Vlad / Carlos Fuentes ; translated by E. Shaskan Bumas and Alejandro Branger.

by Fuentes, Carlos.

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Dalkey Archive Press, 2012.

Vlad Prince of Wallachia III, 1430 or 1431-1476 or 1477 -- Fiction.

Vampires -- Fiction.

Mexico -- Fiction.

Vlad. English English.

122 p. ; 19 cm.

Originally published in Spanish as 'Vlad', by Alfaguara, Mexico City, 2010--T.p. verso.

Translated from the Spanish.

Vlad is Vlad the Impaler, of course, whose mythic cruelty was an inspiration for Bram Stoker's Dracula. 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, Vlad is also an anatomy of the Mexican bourgeoisie, as well as our cultures 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 Asuncion 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?

Occult fiction.

Horror fiction.

Suspense fiction.

Spanish fiction -- Translations into English.

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