Angel Time: The Songs of the Seraphim, Book One by Anne Rice (2010-08-31)

Cover Art for 9781415966341, Angel Time: The Songs of the Seraphim, Book One by Paul Michael (Narrator) Anne Rice (Author)
ASIN: B01FGKWS62
Publisher: Anchor
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A Q & A with Anne Rice Question: You’ve written about many kinds of immortal or supernatural beings. What inspired you to turn to angels in this new book? Anne Rice: I have always been fascinated by the idea of angels--these perfect beings who are God’s messengers, sinless, bold, and unfathomable to the human mind. I was deliciously challenged to be biblically correct about them, and theologically correct: to present Malchiah as truly perfect, yet sent to interact with my hero Toby, and commissioned therefore to take a human body and reflect human emotions and respond to Toby’s human emotions. Question: How did imagining a character like Malchiah the angel differ from creating one like the vampire Lestat? Anne Rice: Well, again, Malchiah is perfect and sinless. And to make such a character appealing is a challenge; he has to reflect God’s love for human beings, God’s compassion. He’s not sent to judge Toby; he’s sent to guide him to salvation, and to enlist Toby in working for the angels on earth. He must feel things; he must have a personality, but with marvelous theological constraints. Doing Lestat was entirely different: Lestat is sinful and ferociously human, a rebel who wants to be good at being bad; a rebel who is seeking redemption but turnin

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