From bestselling author Anne Rice, writing being a.N. Roquleaure. In the traditional folktale of ‘Sleeping Beauty,’ the spell ensemble upon the wonderful youthful princess and everyone in her castle can only just be broken with the kiss of a Prince. It really is an ancient story, one which originally surfaced from and still deeply disturbs the mind’s unconscious. Today Anne Rice’s retelling of the wonder story probes the unspoken implications of this lush, suggestive story by exploring its undeniable link with sexual desire. Here the Prince reawakens Beauty, not with a kiss, but with sexual initiation. His reward for closing the century of enchantment is normally Beauty’s total and total enslavement to him…as Anne Rice explores the globe of erotic yearning and illusion in a common that becomes, with her skillful pencil, a compelling experience.