- Paperback: 256 pages
- Publisher: St Martin's Press; New edition edition (27 Aug 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0765310236
- ISBN-13: 978-0765310231
- Product Dimensions: 21.1 x 14.1 x 1.7 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,395,589 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"Packs more of an emotional wallop than any verbose gore fest served up by less imaginative talents."--San Francisco Chronicle
"Compact, understated, and highly persuasive...Brust accomplishes with a wry turn of phrase or a small flourish what others never achieve despite hundreds of gory spatters."--Kirkus Reviews
"Compact, understated, and highly persuasive...Brust accomplishes with a wry turn of phrase or a small flourish what others never achieve despite hundreds of gory spatters."--Kirkus Reviews
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A novel of immortality---and its price
Born over a century ago, Agyar was once a frivolous young man, before he found unwanted immortality in a woman's blood-red lips. Now he goes from woman to woman, and decade to decade, finding himself at last in an Midwestern college town, where he must choose between the seductions of salvation--and of destruction.
Born over a century ago, Agyar was once a frivolous young man, before he found unwanted immortality in a woman's blood-red lips. Now he goes from woman to woman, and decade to decade, finding himself at last in an Midwestern college town, where he must choose between the seductions of salvation--and of destruction.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
What is missing?
No yards and yards of gold brocade and velvet. No tedious paragraphs describing the color of blood, the pulsing of veins, etc. Not a single vampire-turned-rockstar.
What we have instead, is a story written so sparely, without a word out of place or an unnecessary adjective. From the opening paragraph, Brust draws the reader in using the reader's own curiosity and imagination. He never overwhelms with lurid description, showing that the art of writing is more than being able to describe a scene, but the ability to tell a story.
This book never insults the reader's intelligence or imagination. A truly original well-told story.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
The complexities of character Brust has worked into his story make it appealing to all sorts of readers and while the supernatural overtones classify it as horror/dark-fantasy, the basic elements of the story make it a wonderful journey no matter what genre you like. The subtlety and ever-present dry wit make this story a beautiful work of literature as well as an engrossing and superb presentation of the well worn vampire path. Demanding the full of your imagination, yet never once stressing it, Agyar is a book I will read many, many times.
Format:Mass Market Paperback
Stephen Brust is a decent guy, but I have yet to read a book of his that I like. This book's only advantage is that it is welcome relief to Anne Rice drivel, but besides that there's nothing there.
The main character is an annoying pain, while the rest of the characters are stupid and ignorant. It is an interesting experiment but there's nothing to recommend it over a thousand other vampire books.
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I couldn't even finish it
I don't know, this book was rambling, dull, boring, etc. I couldn't even get past chapter three before I had to just put it away. I just couldn't get into it. Read more
Published on 11 April 1998
One of the best Vampire Stories ever written
Steven Brust has long been a favourite of mine, and if you read Agyar, you will understand why. I believe that there are very few vampire stories that are truly worth reading,... Read more
Published on 12 Dec 1997
Anne Rice, Read and weep!
Here is a talent both rare and realtively undiscovered. A fresh stream of dark yet moving fantasy that is as different from the pretentious style of Rice as Frank Herbert's writing... Read more
Published on 28 Oct 1997
Happy Little Neurons
_Agyar_, by Steven Karl Zoltan Brust
Published 1993 by Tor Books (Hardcover)
Published on 12 Aug 1997
Startling! Pulls at unexpected chords in the heart.
Brust's novel is an excellent one. Agyar Janos, the protagonist, finds himself in a singular situation, even for one in his unusual position of being a rather unique sort of... Read more
Published on 28 July 1997
First-class book -- I would read it again if I had the time.
This may sound like a cliche, but when I started reading the book, I couldn't put it down. It kept me captivated until I turned the final page. Read more
Published on 7 Nov 1996
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