A dramatic story of a vampire retelling his life both on this side and beyond the other side of existence—French colonies in Louisiana, 19th-century Paris, a remote village in the Carpathians… Denizens of the world of darkness—embodied evil. But are they, like people, capable of suffering and rejoicing, loving and grieving losses? Is there any remaining trace of humanity in their hearts? Written literally in a month and a half in memory of his six-year-old daughter who died of leukemia, the novel “Interview with the Vampire” long ago stepped beyond the confines of its genre and became a world-class classic on the level of Bram Stoker’s “Dracula.” Its appearance in 1973 foreshadowed Stephenie Meyer’s famous “Twilight.” And the 1994 film starring Tom Cruise, Brad Pitt, and Antonio Banderas brought the book even greater popularity. The novel’s total print run today exceeds the record of 15 million copies—this is…