{"product_id":"dracula-paperback-49","title":"Dracula - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eBram Stoker\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eKaitlin Chan\u003c\/b\u003e (Illustrator), \u003cb\u003eAlexander Chee\u003c\/b\u003e (Introduction by)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eRestless Classics presents Bram Stoker's gothic masterpiece of horror, gorgeously illustrated by Kaitlin Chan and with a new introduction and foreword by award-winning authors Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Alexander Chee.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSince its original publication in 1897, \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e has spoken aloud some of our deepest cultural anxieties: fear of sexuality, xenophobia, homophobia, and distrust of The Other. One of the most recognizable and pervasive characters ever written, Stoker's Count Dracula is much more terrifying than the caped and fanged representation that has grown so familiar. The Count's menace lies not solely in his deadly bloodlust, but also in his harrowing ability to hide his malfeasance behind power and privilege.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Jonathan Harker unearths Count Dracula's (un)deadly secret, he unwittingly starts a war between good and evil with disastrous repercussions. The innocent Lucy Westenra falls prey to the vampire's curse, Mina Harker narrowly escapes a vicious transformation, and the indefatigable Abraham Van Helsing risks life and afterlife to defeat his archnemesis. As Silvia Moreno-Garcia explores in her new introduction, this outbreak of an ancient threat in a modern world introduced a radical new element to vampire folklore, one which has only gained significance in the twenty-first century: vampires as disease-bearing victims of the same chaos that they spread.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn his new foreword, Alexander Chee grounds the novel in the potential queerness of Stoker's literary circle, and delves into our growing fascination with, and affection for, both the horror genre and its monsters. \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e is both a resonant contemplation of the unknown and a cautionary reminder that evil doesn't always announce itself with bats and coffins; it lurks within the normal and the mundane, just waiting to be invited in.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBram Stoker\u003c\/strong\u003e was an Irish author of nearly twenty novels, best known for his gothic horror novel \u003cem\u003eDracula\u003c\/em\u003e. Educated at Trinity College in Dublin, he joined the Civil Service before becoming the personal assistant of Henry Irving and manager of the Lyceum Theatre in London.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAlexander Chee\u003c\/strong\u003e is the bestselling author of the novels \u003cem\u003eEdinburgh\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Queen of the Night\u003c\/em\u003e, and the essay collection \u003cem\u003eHow To Write An Autobiographical Novel\u003c\/em\u003e, all from Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. A contributing editor at \u003cem\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/em\u003e, and an editor at large at \u003cem\u003eVQR\u003c\/em\u003e, his essays and stories have appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eT Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Sewaneee Review\u003c\/em\u003e, and the 2016 and 2019 \u003cem\u003eBest American Essays\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe is a 2021 United States Artists Fellow, a 2021 Guggenheim Fellow in Nonfiction, and the recipient of a Whiting Award, a NEA Fellowship, an MCCA Fellowship, the Randy Shilts Prize in gay nonfiction, the Paul Engle Prize, the Lambda Editor's Choice Prize, and residency fellowships from the MacDowell Colony, the VCCA, Leidig House, Civitella Ranieri and Amtrak.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe teaches as an associate professor of English and Creative Writing at Dartmouth College.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eSilvia Moreno-Garcia\u003c\/strong\u003e is Mexican by birth, Canadian by inclination. Silvia Moreno-Garcia is the author of a number of critically acclaimed novels, including \u003cem\u003eGods of Jade and Shadow\u003c\/em\u003e (Sunburst Award for Excellence in Canadian Literature of the Fantastic, Ignyte Award), \u003cem\u003eMexican Gothic\u003c\/em\u003e (Locus Award, British Fantasy Award, Pacific Northwest Book Award, Aurora Award, Goodreads Award), and \u003cem\u003eVelvet Was the Night\u003c\/em\u003e (finalist for the \u003cem\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/em\u003e Book Prize and the Macavity Award). She writes in a variety of genres including fantasy, horror, noir and historical. She has edited several anthologies, including \u003cem\u003eShe Walks in Shadows\u003c\/em\u003e (World Fantasy Award winner, published in the USA as \u003cem\u003eCthulhu's Daughters\u003c\/em\u003e). Silvia is the publisher of Innsmouth Free Press. Her fiction has appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies. She has an MA in Science and Technology Studies from the University of British Columbia. She lives in Vancouver, British Columbia.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eKaitlin Chan\u003c\/strong\u003e is a cartoonist and cultural worker based in Hong Kong. She is the co-founder of Queer Reads Library, a mobile library centering queer perspectives in diasporic communities. Her work has appeared in \u003cem\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/em\u003e online, \u003cem\u003eThe Margins\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePopula\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eArtAsiaPacific\u003c\/em\u003e and the \u003cem\u003eHong Kong Visual Arts Yearbook\u003c\/em\u003e, amongst others.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 400\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.42 x 8.98 x 5.91 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 03, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47255059431673,"sku":"9781632060655","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/yVaVLfSU1N9781632060655_9cede717-daca-4326-953c-b65efaa3cab4.webp?v=1768717347","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/dracula-paperback-49","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}