Violin

By: Anne Rice

Narrated by: Bernadette Dunne

Length: 11 hrs and 38 mins

Publisher's summary

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

©1997 by Anne O'Brien Rice (P)1997 by Random House, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Sit back and enjoy. . . . The story flows like blood--the life-giving, life-celebrating kind."--San Francisco Chronicle

"A PASSIONATE MIXTURE OF EARTHLY FEARS AND SUPERNATURAL TERRORS."--The Baltimore Sun"[AN] ABSORBING NOVEL THAT TAKES THE READER ON A SUSPENSEFUL JOURNEY THROUGH TIME, PLACE, AND MIND . . . The instrument of the title belongs to a ghost, the brooding 19th-century aristocrat Stefan, who ventures to 20th-century New Orleans to brew up mischief and seek release from his torment. Told from the point of view of Triana, the humane woman drawn into Stefan's nefarious plot, the tale charts two lives touched by tragedy and alienation. . . . A rich, detailed literary symphony."--The Cleveland Plain Dealer

"THE TALE OF A DEVILISHLY HAUNTING STRADIVARIUS . . . HER BEST WORK SINCE 1990'S THE WITCHING HOUR."--The Dallas Morning News"FULL OF EVOCATIVE IMAGERY . . . THIS IS A BOOK THAT UNDRESSES ITS CHARACTERS LAYER BY LAYER."--USA Today

Love it!

I loved the storytelling and its twist and turns. Anne Rice always keeps it original!

Lingers Like Triana's Ghosts

I think perhaps the quickest compliment I could give to this book that might entice others to read it is how well it would truly work as a third season of Mike Flanagan's "The Haunting Of (Blank)." Never going to happen, I know, but if you love those shows this book delivers a lot of the same. Horrifying details that are still so mundane, family drama, a persistent ghost, a troubled 50-some woman protagonist (and yes, can I talk about that, how wonderful it is to have a female protagonist who truly is in the middle of her life) the backdrop of AIDS and the hold grief can have on a person... so much to talk about with this book, but I don't want to give it all away!

Nice, but where’s the music?

This is one of my favorite Anne Rice novels and Burnadette Dunne does a wonderfully compelling narration of the book. I hope that someday it is re-mastered with all of the beautiful music from the book as a part of the performance. I think that would be truly magnificent!

not fond of the narrator

but the story was great. the narrator had no emotion in the reading so i never did connevt to the story.

one of my favorite books

great book, great narration. one of my favorite books since childhood. I recommend it very powerfully put by Anne Rice.

The best audiobook I've ever listened to

The best audio book I've ever listened to. This is the best narration of all her books

Irrevocably Rice

This book surprised me, as it isn’t like the previous books I’ve read by her. All the same she has proven again that she is a master of her craft.

Gut wrenchingly bad...

Having struggled to read through the monotonous pace of the book, I downloaded the audio. Unfortunately, the pace I was hearing mentally translated all too well as I found myself fighting to stay awake through it. Not one of Anne's better books, but this is strictly my opinion. The Witching Hour and Cry to Heaven being my two favorites and I miss her as a fiction writer.

Most disappointing book ever

I normally love Anne Rice but this book was terrible. I was so disappointed. A waste of time.

Disappointing

I love Anne Rice's Vampire Chronicles, so I thought that her other tales of the supernatural would be good, too. Not so. This book is quite morbid and at times the descriptions are downright gross. The plot was very slow and at times quite boring. Also, I had a hard time caring at all for the characters.