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Overview

We all dream of the forbidden but some of us make those dreams come true . . . .

With the same mystery, menace and intensity as her Vampire books, Exit to Eden explores the forbidden by taking us The Club, a vacation paradise where no aspect of sexual pleasure is taboo. Just as The Story of O shocked the Sixties by speaking about what had only been whispered, Exit to Eden gives voices to the sexual secrets of the Eighties.

Lisa--the perfectionist--is a stunning, mysterious, and fearless sexual adventurer. She is founder and ...

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Overview

We all dream of the forbidden but some of us make those dreams come true . . . .

With the same mystery, menace and intensity as her Vampire books, Exit to Eden explores the forbidden by taking us The Club, a vacation paradise where no aspect of sexual pleasure is taboo. Just as The Story of O shocked the Sixties by speaking about what had only been whispered, Exit to Eden gives voices to the sexual secrets of the Eighties.

Lisa--the perfectionist--is a stunning, mysterious, and fearless sexual adventurer. She is founder and supreme mistress of The Club--an exclusive island resort where forbidden fantasy meets willing flesh. Elliott is a thrill-seeking photographer who has risked his life in war zones around the world and now seeks the ultimate rush--exploring his darkest sexual self. Join them on a journey to the limits of erotic pleasure and beyond.

Product Details

  • ISBN-13: 9780345401960
  • Publisher: Random House Publishing Group
  • Publication date: 2/28/1996
  • Edition description: Reissue
  • Pages: 378
  • Sales rank: 595,409
  • Product dimensions: 6.07 (w) x 9.16 (h) x 1.01 (d)

Meet the Author

Anne Rice
Anne Rice
Best known for The Vampire Chronicles, a series of dark, hypnotic novels steeped in Gothic horror, Anne Rice now applies her vivid storytelling skills to Christian fiction, most notably an acclaimed series based on the life of Christ.

Biography

In 1976, nearly 80 years after Bram Stoker published Dracula, Anne Rice's bestselling first novel, Interview with the Vampire, reinvented the vampire myth. Rice recast the undead as a secret society of decadent aesthetes, alternately entranced by the world's beauty and haunted by spiritual despair. Set largely in the author's home city of New Orleans, the book created a fantasy underworld rich and compelling enough to sustain its writer and readers through nine sequels, known collectively as The Vampire Chronicles.

Rice wrote Interview with the Vampire, she said later, "without ever realizing I was writing about loss. I was writing about my daughter's loss [Rice's daughter died in 1972]. And I was writing about my loss of Catholic faith long before that, because I had lost my faith in the year 1960, when I first went to college."

After her first book, Rice continued to write about loss -- and about vampires, witches and demons -- for more than 25 years. She also wrote, under the pen name A.N. Roquelaure, the Beauty series, an erotic retelling of the story of Sleeping Beauty; writing as Anne Rampling, she published two other novels, Exit to Eden and Belinda.

But it is as the queen of gothic fiction that Anne Rice's fans know her best. Her fans are passionate about her, and she returns the sentiment, e-mailing tirelessly with them and occasionally posting on their blogs. She also adores communing with them in person on book tours: "They give me personal, priceless and unforgettable feedback and verification of what I have achieved for them in my books," she once explained in a Salon interview.

After Blood Canticle was released in 1993, her readers, accustomed to an output of one book a year, kept asking her what was coming next. "And I've told them, 'You may not want what I'm doing next'," she said in a Newsweek interview.

They were in for a surprise. In 1998, Rice had returned to the Roman Catholic Church, and in 2005 she published Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt, a novel about the childhood of Jesus, narrated by himself.

"It's the most startling public turnaround since Bob Dylan's Slow Train Coming announced that he'd been born again," wrote David Gates in Newsweek.

But as Rice sees it, Christ the Lord represents the fulfillment of a longing that has been in her books, and in her soul, all along.

"This subject is in no way a departure from that of my previous works; no one who knows my work could possibly think so," she said in a Q&A on her publisher's Web site. "The whole theme of Interview with the Vampire was Louis's quest for meaning in a godless world. He searched to find the oldest existing ‘immortal' simply to ask ‘What is the meaning of what we are?' I was always compelled to seek the ‘big answers.'"

Christ the Lord received mixed reviews, but many critics were as impressed with the book's style as its ambitious subject matter. "Rice's book is a triumph of tone -- her prose lean, lyrical, vivid -- and character," noted Kirkus Reviews. Janet Maslin wrote in The New York Times Book Review: "Even in biblical times and in the Holy Land, Rice retains her obsessions with ritual and purification, with lavish detail and gaudy decor. But she writes this book in a simpler, leaner style, giving it the slow but inexorable rhythm of an incantation. The restraint and prayerful beauty of Christ the Lord is apt to surprise her usual readers and attract new ones."

Some of those usual readers, of course, are now wondering whether she will write any more vampire novels. Will the vampire Lestat ever return?

Anne's response, from her publisher's Web site: "I can't see myself doing that. My vampires were metaphors for the outsiders, the lost, the wanderers in the darkness who remembered the warmth of God's light but couldn't find it. My wish to explore that is gone now. I want to meet a much bigger challenge."

Good To Know

In our exlusive interview, Rice shared some fascinating stories with us:

"My first job was as a cafeteria waitress at a Walgreen's cafeteria over the drugstore on Canal and Baronne Street in New Orleans when I was sixteen years old. What a plunge into reality. Canal Street was then the only downtown in town. And I was in fact a boarding school student and unbeknownst to the principal, Sr. Felix, took this job on weekends. When she found out, she did not approve of a St. Joseph's Academy girl being a waitress. I was undeterred. I had discovered that I could turn time into money. I never forgot that lesson. The crashing boredom of childhood was over!"

"I was employed from then on a shocking variety of low level jobs, including grill cook at a huge downtown cafeteria in San Francisco. I had to be there at 5:00 a.m., and once while I was en route on a bus, a drunken man fell asleep against me. The conductor had to wake him up for me to get off, poor guy. I think he'd staggered out of an after hours club. I was a crack waitress, a receptionist, a claims examiner, a theatre usherette in a big Cinerama house, and must have seen It's Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World over one hundred times while standing there with a flashlight. My last job in the straight world -- after motherhood -- was that of proofreader for a law book company. I hated it. Then my devoted husband Stan, who was already teaching and had been for some time, said, 'Stay home and write, I believe in you.' And I wrote Interview with the Vampire."

"I was a painfully slow reader. Never really read a novel for pure pleasure until I was 35. It was Ordinary People by Judith Guest. Thought it very good."

"How do I unwind? There are different levels to unwind. The primo way for me is to read history or some form of involving scholarship. A good book on an obscure subject. The recent bestseller Krakatoa by Simon Winchester was a wonderful example! That's a delicious unwind book. And there are others out there like that. The British writers seem especially good at it. But I can't get enough on how or why the Roman Empire fell. That's my idea of a good evening. To be in Florida with the deck door open to the roar of the waves, and a good book open to pages on the decline of paganism."

"But! There is another kind of unwind. The gripping fiction bestseller that takes two days. The Da Vinci Code is a good example. Every now and then I have time for that. I was smiling all the way through it. At one time in my life, I had read everything I could find on the Knights Templar (see First Way to Unwind, above), and on Opus Dei, and Holy Blood, Holy Grail, and so I was just tickled by what the author did with the material. And of course, I couldn't stop reading. Such cleverness, such a puzzle and right up to the last page."

"Interest and hobbies: well, my interests are pretty much literary, except for maintaining two pre-Civil War houses in New Orleans (both family homes, one used for Mardi Gras season entertaining), and then I do devote some attention to my doll collection, which includes a small assortment of French antique dolls -- but this part of my life is drawing to a close. I am divesting myself of possessions rather than acquiring them. I am decorating, yes, and redecorating, but cutting down on the area, and the amount of things I have to maintain. I've let go of my huge property, St. Elizabeth's Orphanage -- a monster building which used to house my doll collection and so many other things. It was the fulfillment of dreams for about 10 years for me and so many other people. Weddings, book signings, book parties, benefits, fundraisers -- all kinds of events were held there. We even hosted President Clinton there. But that chapter of my life is over. For those ten years I asked 'what if?' many times. And I found out and as the result I am a satisfied person and a happy one. But it's over."

"I guess you could call my cats a hobby. I have five of them, all Siberians and very lovable and demanding and sweet. They are keepers certainly. Other than that, I don't know that I have hobbies so much as passions, and my passions center around my writing."

"My only other diversion of late is seeing that The Witching Hour will soon be made into a television limited series -- that is, a mini-series that will extend over 10 hours. The scripts that have been written by writer-producer John Wilder are very simply wonderful -- profoundly faithful to the material and the characters. Our producer, Mark Wolper, is extraordinarily dedicated and we have the network behind us. It looks very good."

"Other news looming is that Elton John and Rob Roth are making a musical based on the Vampire Chronicles for Broadway. I've talked to Elton John several times. He's absolutely charming. I've heard the first five songs, performed by him, and they were great. Bernie Taupin wrote the lyrics, and will write the lyrics for all. The other people involved have top credits. The treatment I read was a wonder -- very true to the books, quite terrific. My conversation with Rob Roth was very exciting."

"What I've learned from both these experiences so far -- the television series and the Broadway production -- is that the passion of people makes all the difference in the world. And sometimes it is the passion of a few key people that moves a project forward. Sometimes one person alone goes to the hard work of getting everybody else together, and making the studio that owns the underlying rights respond. People who love the work, who want to make something of it, can be brought together by that one key person. That one key person has to believe that past disappointments or failed connections don't mean anything. When you have that sort of person, something can happen."

"I've also learned that the author of the books usually can't do it. Not unless she wants to stop being an author altogether and move to L.A. or N.Y. and become a producer."

    1. Also Known As:
      A. N. Roquelaure, Anne Rampling , Howard Allen O'Brien (birth name)
    2. Hometown:
      Rancho Mirage, California
    1. Date of Birth:
      October 4, 1941
    2. Place of Birth:
      Rancho Mirage, California
    1. Education:
      B.A., San Francisco State University, 1964; M.A., 1971
    2. Website:

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Exit to Eden

Chapter One

Lisa

My name is Lisa.

I'm five foot nine. My hair is long and it's dark brown. I wear leather a great deal, high boots always, and sometimes glove-soft vests and even leather skirts now and then, and I wear lace, especially when I can find the kind I like: intricate, very old-fashioned lace, snow white. I have light skin that tans easily, large breasts, and long legs. And though I don't feel beautiful and never have, I know that I am. If I wasn't, I wouldn't be a trainer at The Club.

Good bones and big eyes, that's the real foundation of the beauty, I suppose—the hair being thick, having a lot of body—and something to do with the expression on my face, that I look sweet and even kind of lost most of the time, but I can inspire fear in a male or female slave as soon as I start to talk.

At The Club they call me the Perfectionist, and it is no small compliment to be called that in a place like The Club, where everyone is after a perfection of sorts, where everyone is striving, and the striving is part of the pleasure involved.

I've been at The Club since it opened. I helped create it, establish its principles, approve its earliest members and its earliest slaves. I laid down the rules and the limits. And I imagined and created most of the equipment that is used there today. I even designed some of the bungalows and the gardens, the morning swimming pool and fountains. I decorated over a score of the suites myself. Its many imitators make me smile. There is no real competition for The Club.

The Club is what it is because it believes in itself. And its glamour and itsterror evolve from that.

This is a story of something that happened at The Club.

A great deal of the story doesn't even take place there. It takes place in New Orleans and in the low countryside around New Orleans. And in Dallas. But it doesn't matter really.

The story began at The Club. And no matter where it goes from there, it's about The Club.

Welcome to The Club.

Exit to Eden. Copyright © by Anne Rice. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc. All rights reserved. Available now wherever books are sold.
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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 26, 2009

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 26, 2008

    First Anne Rice Disappointment

    This is not my first book from Anne Rice, but it is the first book I was disappointed in. Knowing some of the BDSM lifestyle I found the character of Lisa to be very disappointing and weak. She showed no back bone when dealing with Elliott. I understand that Anne Rice was trying to set up a dramatic love story but using a sex club as a back drop when one of the characters is supposed to be a dominant female and the other a submissive male, just didn't come across in the book. I actually didn't finish the book since everytime I started to read it I got so mad at the way the characters were portrayed that I would put it back down. Truly a let down in what could have been a great book. Don't bother reading it unless you are willing to be unfulfilled by the characters.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 14, 2005

    Wonderful love affair novel

    This book reads very well, especially with the developing love affair between the two protagonists. The major detractor is Rice's penchant for insisting on describing men with men: At times, it seemed more forced in the novel vice being an integral part of the story. The female lead is an incredibly gifted character, expertly developed by one of the best writers of this generation.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted September 14, 2003

    EXCELLENT!!

    I was shocked by this book. I made the mistake of watching the movie before reading the book. The movie is no where near the book. The book handles domination perfectly. There is a high sense of the erotica..if you are into the S&M world as I am. You should check out this book. I have recommended this book to all of my submissives..and anyone interested in the lifestyle. This is what S&M should be.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 18, 2003

    A Wonderful Book

    This is one of the best novels I've ever read. Anne Rice is such a great author and you can't help but love the characters and the beautiful settings.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted May 14, 2003

    one of my favorite books

    this is really one of my favorite books! I love Anne Rice! I love the Lisa and elliot. Anne Rice just has away of making you fall in love with everyone of her characters. I would recommend this book to anyone who has an open mind.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted March 15, 2003

    Wonderfully Written

    This was such a great book. Anne Rice is such an exquisite writer. As you read this book, the characters come alive in your mind You can feel every emotion that they feel. Just wonderful. I couldn't put it down. Exit to Eden is definately a book I will read again and again.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted January 7, 2003

    An Excellent Tale

    Exit to Eden is a piece of complex romantic fiction that is staged in a lush, tropical paradise. Her description of the setting allows you to fall in love with the island of Eden, and with its inhabitants. The characters are multi-faceted individuals with a strong sense of feeling. I, too, made the mistake of watching the movie before the book. Knowing the frequent inability to give justice to their roots that motion pictures have, I bought the book and was mesmerized by the story. I've read it and re-read it, and I would strongly recommend this book to any fan of Anne Rice, erotic fiction, or just a plain, good read.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted October 4, 2002

    Erotic yet boring

    Although the book does have exciting erotic moments Anne Rice takes you up then drops you harshly. In the beginning of the book you are introduced to everything but as the book progresses Lisa and Elliots love begins to fall, not in the book but to the reader. By the time chapter 20 comes you are so bored. I found that once they arrived in New Orleans the book was just overall dropping and by the end of the book you will think that instead of reading this book you could have done some errands. The book is okay but it really isnt one of Anne Rice's best or even good. If you think that this book was one of her best check to see if you have a pulse.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted December 15, 2000

    Erotic, Kinky and Human

    While this book is fiction it still gives you a view of what people who are into SM sometimes think and feel. In particular, I like how Lisa alternates between feeling entirely sure of herself and very vulnerable. The one thing that I note with amusement is that it is written as though SM were very much underground and hidden when nowadays there are SM clubs and gatherings just about everywhere. Still, I would love to spend my vacation at Lisa's club.

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  • Anonymous

    Posted April 11, 2000

    Anne Rice has done it again!

    I enjoyed this book immensely, reading it in one evening. As a practicing submissive, I can really appreciate the dynamics of Elliot and Lisa's relationship, wherein she is not always outwardly dominant. (in Louisiana, etc.) The relationship Rice has portrayed is very similar to mine, unlike in Story of O, which I think for many people is a little much. Plus, she is a fantastic writer to begin with, so no matter what the subject is, you know you're getting a good read. I remember being enthralled with Interview with a Vampire when I was younger and finding it highly erotic. Exit to Eden did not disappoint in that respect. I would recommend this book to ANYONE, whether they are into the scene or not.

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