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Susana Castellanos in conversation with Hugo Chaparro

On vampires, and other gothic experiences

Cartagena 2010, jueves 28 enero

The world of vampires seems to be coming back to life with unusual strength, both in literature and in cinema and television. Is this just one trend of many in a new and bloody century, or the resurgence of a genre, the rebirth of a symbology and of rituals to define our current selves?