false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170230476m/43798.jpg 43798 13 Before the Civil War, there lived in Louisiana, people unique in Southern history. For though they were descended from African slaves, they were also descended from the French and Spanish who enslaved them. In this dazzling historical novel, Anne Rice chronicles four of these so-called Free People of Color--men and women caught periolously between the worlds of master and slave, privilege and oppression, passion and pain.<br>"Anne Rice seems to be at home everywhere....She makes us believe everything she sees."<br>THE NEW YORK TIMES 2926011 1979 The Feast of All Saints total:3287|5:853|4:954|3:1014|2:367|1:99| 3287 11956 4246 117 0 1 false false Sun Nov 23 21:00:08 -0800 2008 Sun Nov 23 21:00:52 -0800 2008 4 0 false false Thu Jun 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Jun 15 20:40:22 -0700 2009 Fri Jun 19 20:19:00 -0700 2009
...more...]]> 0 0 false false Sat May 23 06:32:57 -0700 2009 Thu Jun 04 02:55:50 -0700 2009
The book is basically about African Americans (in Antebellum South I presume?) of variable racial heredity/characteristics (quadroons, octaroons, etc...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Sep 11 00:00:00 -0700 1992 Tue Feb 17 06:38:31 -0800 2009 Tue Feb 17 06:46:18 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Thu Oct 08 12:00:55 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 08 12:10:09 -0700 2009 more...]]> 1 1 false false Tue Nov 13 12:42:14 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 13 12:42:40 -0800 2007 4 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sun Mar 29 19:55:16 -0700 2009 Tue Nov 10 20:48:06 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Mar 01 22:28:59 -0800 2009 Sun May 17 16:40:07 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Aug 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Dec 06 13:16:35 -0800 2008 Sun Aug 23 09:09:29 -0700 2009
But I...more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Apr 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 11:38:15 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 12:05:03 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1996 Tue Sep 18 12:51:42 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 18 13:26:59 -0700 2007
The other work, "Cry to Heaven", is the account of ...more...]]> 5 1 false false Sun Mar 02 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Fri Feb 15 09:17:49 -0800 2008 Tue Mar 04 08:11:19 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 0 false false Thu Mar 13 18:02:22 -0700 2008 Sun Apr 06 14:47:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 1 0 false false Thu Oct 02 16:16:07 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 02 16:19:13 -0700 2008 1
Just finally admitted that I really don't understand why Anne Rice novels sell. I know: as a woman in the 20th (21st now, but believe me, I jumped off this boat years ago) that I shou...more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1993 Tue Apr 03 13:00:18 -0700 2007 Tue Apr 03 13:23:13 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Aug 13 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Aug 03 06:59:09 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 13 19:46:29 -0700 2009 The Feast of All Saints is a coming-of-age story about a young man who struggles to define himself among different classes and races. I was impressed with the depth of the characters and the complexity of the situations. This seems like a book that would be worth a second read. Caution: There is ...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sat Feb 28 08:24:57 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 28 08:26:17 -0800 2009 5 0 false false Fri May 01 16:00:41 -0700 2009 Fri May 01 16:03:34 -0700 2009 5 0 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Sun Dec 28 00:00:12 -0800 2008 Sun Dec 28 07:55:04 -0800 2008 5 0 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Fri Dec 05 06:45:20 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 05 06:47:09 -0800 2008 2 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=43798