![]() The gist: The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty is Anne Rice’s very x-rated spin on a beloved childhood fairytale. Oh, and instead of kissing her awake, the prince - well, let’s just say he gives her something a little more intimate than a peck on the cheek to break the spell. Also, she’s surrounded by the dozing bodies of other princes, all trapped in thorns and vines, who’d come to see her and not quite succeeded. We know this because she’s naked, of course. She’s there, all right, but unlike that willowy, blandly pretty old Princess Aurora in the Disney version, this one’s all hot and voluptuous and stuff. He wants to find out for sure if the legend is true. Opening scene: The prince, still grieving the death of his father, goes to the castle to check out Sleeping Beauty. In that case, it might not be so shocking Unless, of course, you imagine the same kinds of things Anne Rice did. And by rough, I mean rough beyond your most outrageous imaginings. When I say “love,” I’m not talking about typical fairytale affections. Most interesting characters: The horny prince, who falls in love with Sleeping Beauty Sleeping Beauty, the horny princess who loves him right back - over and over and over. ![]() ![]() I don’t mean that you should ever be graceless. I want that dignity peeled away from you as if it were so many skins of the onion. My favorite quote: “That is your life now, and you are to think of nothing else, and regret nothing else. The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty, Anne Rice, 1983 ![]()
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