The Letters of Mina Harker

by Dodie Bellamy

Bellamy's debut novel revives the central female character from Bram Stoker's Dracula and imagines her as an independent woman living in San Francisco during the 1980s.

Hypocrisy's not the problem, I think, it's allegory the breeding ground of paranoia. The act of reading into--how does one know when to stop? KK says that Dodie has the advantage because she's physical and I'm "only psychic." ... The truth is: everyone is adopted...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1635901596
• ISBN13: 9781635901597
• Release Date: October 2021
• Publisher: Semiotext(e)
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 8.9"

Customer Reviews

Undead-- And Back In Print!

Bellamy's employment of language is intoxicating: her sentences swirling around like smoke in a fat-bellied glass pipe, the body of her work crackling with the brilliance of a heretofore unknown substance. This modern-day vampire tale set in San Francisco pounds a stake in the heart of literary conventions--transcending form and sexual orientation--and sends my blood rushing. _The Letters of Mina Harker_ is essential reading for anyone interested in contemporary literature.