The Feast of All Saints by Anne Rice Summary and Reviews
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Book Reviews of The Feast of All Saints
Book Review: A neglected piece of history that deserves to be known
Summary: 5 Stars
Like several of the previous reviewers, I too have read this book at least three times since it's publication and am fascinated by the free people of color. This was indeed an eye-opener and though I found it hard to swallow the fact that blacks were enslavers themselves, this novel helped me put it all in perspective. I know many people of creole descent, but very little was ever discussed regarding their heritage other than speaking of family members that they know that have passed for white and assimilated into the white race. It could be many of them especially the younger ones know very little of their history and the part they played in literature, the arts, and craftsmanship. When I was asked to name my favorite all-time book, Feast of All Saints was at the top of the list.Book Review: Ann Rice loves history and telling a good story.
Summary: 5 Stars
Feast of all SAints: Race is the topic of this story. Antebellum New Orleans is the setting. A city that has profoundly influenced our national culture. Not just its world-altering music, blues and jazz, but a life view that we are still working out.
Ms Rice lays open the soul of New Orleans, shaped by free persons of color and creoles, that captures our imaginations. The colors of her story are a blend of elements - the sacred and the profane, piety and mysticism, all in large portions. You are invited into her city, even better, into a family living and creating the history of its time.
BTW for the biography of a creole contemporary of the "Saints" period, check out Louis Moreau Gottschalk on Amazon, a musician-composer "rock star" of the time.
Cry to Heaven: For a broader experience of Ann Rice's love of history and mystery read her "Cry to Heaven" it is spell-binding.
Book Review: Definitely worth reading
Summary: 4 Stars
I have just finished The Feast of All Saints and yes it had a slow beginning but don't stop. This book is fascinating. It depicted a part of history I was not familiar with. Having read it I have now learned more about gens du colour then I ever could have in a history book. Her characters were alive with passion and strengh. Seldom do I miss the characters written about in books but I found myself wishing to follow them further in their journeys. An excellent book!!Book Review: Difficult to stop reading until the very last word
Summary: 5 Stars
Informative book. Wondered what the significance of the title is in relation to the story.Book Review: Enlightening and Erotic
Summary: 5 Stars
In this novel, Anne Rice gets inside of the mindset of the people of color in 19th-Century New Orleans and Louisiana. She lets us in on the passions and despair of a people who are misunderstood and glamorized to this day. She is also careful to differentiate between the southern Louisiana creoles and the northern Louisiana mulattoes. I found this book fascinating, enlightening, and charged with the unique eroticism that only Rice can illuminate