This is the story of Louis, as told in his own words, of his journey through mortal and immortal life. Louis recounts how he became a vampire at the hands of the radiant and sinister Lestat and how he became indoctrinated, unwillingly, into the vampire way of life. His story ebbs and flows through the streets of New Orleans, defining crucial moments such as his discovery of the exquisite lost young child Claudia, wanting not to hurt but to comfort her with the last breaths of humanity he has inside. Yet, he makes Claudia a vampire, trapping her womanly passion, will, and intelligence inside the body of a small child. Louis and Claudia form a seemingly unbreakable alliance and even "settle down" for a while in the opulent French Quarter. Louis remembers Claudia's struggle to understand herself and the hatred they both have for Lestat that sends them halfway across the world to seek others of their kind. Louis and Claudia are desperate to find somewhere they belong, to find others who understand, and someone who knows what and why they are. Louis and Claudia travel Europe, eventually coming to Paris and the ragingly successful Theatre des Vampires--a theatre of vampires pretending to be mortals pretending to be vampires. Here they meet the magnetic and ethereal Armand, who brings them into a whole society of vampires. But Louis and Claudia find that finding others like themselves provides no easy answers and in fact presents dangers they scarcely imagined. Originally begun as a short story, the book took off as Anne wrote it, spinning the tragic and triumphant life experiences of a soul. As well as the struggles of its characters, Interview captures the political and social changes of two continents. The novel also introduces Lestat, Anne's most enduring character, a heady mixture of attraction and revulsion. The book, full of lush description, centers on the themes of immortality, change, loss, sexuality, and power. source: annerice.com

Пенелопа среща Одисей пред двореца на своя чичо цар Тиндарей. Запленена от зелените очи и огнените къдри на героя, тя разбира, че това е нейният избраник и скоро заминава с Одисей, за да се превърне в обичната господарка на Итака. Царското семейство се сдобива със син, но избухва Троянската война, която отнема съпруга ѝ и тя остава сама на острова, заобиколена от поданици, които си пожелават техният господар да се върне жив и малкият Телемах да разбере що е то бащина обич. Сезоните се изнизват, но Одисей не се прибира. Обезверена и напълно изплашена от бъдещето, Пенелопа се впуска в своето вечно очакване, загледана в безкрая на морската шир за кораба на своя любим. Тогава започва нейното пътешествие, тогава започват нейните подвизи. В устрема си да остане добра майка, вярна съпруга и достойна господарка на своя народ, тя ще поеме на дълъг път дълбоко към себе си. А когато злото започва да застрашава любимите ѝ хора и острова, на нея не ѝ остава нищо друго, освен да ги брани с цялата си същност. Тогава ще се роди нова Пенелопа, изпълнена с терзания и страхове, но запазила надеждата, че един ден ще дочака завръщането на Одисей и всичко ще си бъде постарому… Романът на Севда Костова е ода за женствеността и за необятната природа на човешката душа. Авторката пресъздава умело историята на емблематичната героиня от древногръцката митология, като вещо вплита множество философски и морални въпроси в наратива. Така успява да постави до световноизвестната „Одисея“ и своята „Пенелопеида“ – също вечна история за пътуването и постоянното търсене. За този свой роман тя е номинирана за Нобелова награда през 1999 г.

Two extraordinary people. A love that draws them together. A plague that threatens to tear them apart. England, 1580. A young Latin tutor—penniless, bullied by a violent father—falls in love with an eccentric young woman: a wild creature who walks her family's estate with a falcon on her shoulder and is known throughout the countryside for her unusual gifts as a healer. Agnes understands plants and potions better than she does people, but once she settles on the Henley Street in Stratford she becomes a fiercely protective mother and a steadfast, centrifugal force in the life of her young husband. His gifts as a writer are just beginning to awaken when their beloved twins, Hamnet and Judith, are afflicted with the bubonic plague, and, devastatingly, one of them succumbs to the illness. A luminous portrait of a marriage, a shattering evocation of a family ravaged by grief and loss, and a hypnotic recreation of the story that inspired one of the greatest literary masterpieces of all time, Hamnet is mesmerizing and seductive, an impossible-to-put-down novel from one of our most gifted writers.