tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post3014819203403656514..comments2024-03-29T01:33:56.188-07:00Comments on Taliesin meets the vampires: Interesting Shorts: the Family of the VourdalakTaliesin_ttlghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-44003583769667900192012-11-23T12:32:19.363-08:002012-11-23T12:32:19.363-08:00A name very simler to "Vourdalak" is use...A name very simler to "Vourdalak" is use din "The sad story of a Vampire" aka "True Story of a Vampire" whihc also has Blatant references to Carmilla.Kuudere-Kunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06537085979461349854noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-51636792770490325752009-09-06T15:07:40.311-07:002009-09-06T15:07:40.311-07:00Christine - it really is. I have ordered the volum...Christine - it really is. I have ordered the volume mentioned by Ollie and I will, obviously, be bringing folks news on that in the future.<br /><br />In the meantime the volume I illustrated this with has a fine translation and is, itself, a must have for all vampire genre fans. The review of the volume is <a href="http://taliesinttlg.blogspot.com/2006/04/vampires-encounters-with-undead-review.html" rel="nofollow">here</a>.<br /><br />Thanks, as always, for stopping by.Taliesin_ttlghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-85713971196598315772009-09-06T13:21:53.564-07:002009-09-06T13:21:53.564-07:00Sounds interesting.Sounds interesting.RoseOfTransylvaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12049925633772263505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-61399365350537475922009-09-04T10:03:59.229-07:002009-09-04T10:03:59.229-07:00Thankee for your words!!!!!Thankee for your words!!!!!Zahir Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533361554787004824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-64507252922585600382009-09-04T08:04:44.215-07:002009-09-04T08:04:44.215-07:00Hi Ollie, that is something I must keep an eye out...Hi Ollie, that is something I must keep an eye out for.Taliesin_ttlghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-81766459606757483432009-09-04T06:17:57.376-07:002009-09-04T06:17:57.376-07:00Last year I bought the extremely rare "Vampir...Last year I bought the extremely rare "Vampires; Stories of the Supernatural" (1969), containing as well a "Vourdalak", three other tales by Tolstoy: <br /><br />"Oupyr/The Vampire"; an eighty-page novella which crams so much in: vampires, family curses, devil-pacts, haunted houses, 'the man in black' and even a creepy cameo by the Lamia halfway through.<br /><br />"The Renunion after Three Hundred Years"; a sort of sequel/prequel to "Family of the Vourdalak" featuring the Marquis d'Urfe and narrated by his former mistress the Duchesse de Gramont<br /><br />and "Amena" about an early Christian Roman seduced from his brother and betrothed into a cursed eternity by the titular vampiress.OllieMugwumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05121652679353522702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-90729041158616901332009-09-03T14:18:16.034-07:002009-09-03T14:18:16.034-07:00No problemo - by the way Zahir, I have been very m...No problemo - by the way Zahir, I have been very much enjoying your blogTaliesin_ttlghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10105263634442191232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-23449634.post-64552157360611421762009-09-03T10:19:20.408-07:002009-09-03T10:19:20.408-07:00Thanks for that.Thanks for that.Zahir Bluehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14533361554787004824noreply@blogger.com