Anima Rising

A Novel

De: Christopher Moore

Narrado por: Mary Jane Wells

From New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore comes a hilariously deranged tale of a mad scientist, a famous painter, and an undead woman’s electrifying journey of self-discovery.

Vienna, 1911. Gustav Klimt, the most famous painter in the Austrian Empire, the darling of Viennese society, spots a woman’s nude body in the Danube canal. He knows he should summon a policeman, but he can’t resist stopping to make a sketch first. And as he draws, the woman coughs. She’s alive!

Back at his studio, Klimt and his model-turned-muse Wally tend to the formerly-drowned girl. She’s nearly feral and doesn’t remember who she is, or how she came to be floating in the canal. Klimt names her Judith, after one of his most famous paintings, and resolves to help her find her memory.

With a little help from Sigmund Freud and Carl Jung, Judith recalls being stranded in the arctic one hundred years ago, locked in a crate by a man named Victor Frankenstein, and visiting the Underworld.

So how did she get here? And why are so many people chasing her, including Geoff, the giant croissant-eating devil dog of the North?

Poor Things meets Bride of Frankenstein in Anima Rising, Christopher Moore’s most ingenious (and probably most hilarious) novel yet.

©2025 Christopher Moore (P)2025 HarperCollins Publishers

Christopher Moore’s story telling is one of a kind, the best.

Another beautifully researched and told story by Mr Moore. I hope there will be another in this vein. My favorite author.

Absolute Lunacy

Christopher Moore has not lost his talent for mixing the absurd and outrageous in ways that continue to be unexpected (even when you are expecting it). There is always a curveball that takes the story down an unexpected path. In the last novel or two I missed the absolute carefree lunacy of his earlier work, but I think he’s found the perfect balance in this one. The narration was absolutely fantastic, perfect fit for this story. Stick around for the afterword as you really get to see how much effort went into crafting real world elements and influential characters into the story… and where he took a few well chosen liberties with them to get the right pieces in place to make it all just work. Even the stupid little mustache.

Maybe his best yet!

I adored this book. So funny and clever and the characters are marvelous. The narrator is the best I’ve ever heard; she makes the book!

Consistently good as (almost) always

Once again, he tells a funny and sweet story. The only one that did not wow me was Sacre Bleu.

Absolutely fantastic

From the narration to the characters- this book was perfection . This book brought to life so many familiar characters in a humorous and entertaining way!

The Reader is the best I’ve ever heard.

I love Christopher Moore and always have. Somehow he keeps getting better and better, but Mary Jane Wells stole the show on this one. I’m off to find more of her work.

A Strange Tale of Turn of the Century Art and Science

Intriguing tale that kept my attention. Moore’s dark humor is clearly honed to a fine point.

The humor

This was such a fun book and the narrator was phenomenal. All the characters real and fictitious were all written well! Highly recommend

the narrator was amazing

I enjoyed the story, and the narrator was one of the best I've heard. all the voices and accents were different, but ready to follow.

And now for something completely different

The more I think about this book the more I wonder about how Christopher Moore's brain works. How does he read a book such as Frankenstein or view Gustav Klimt's paintings and create this? I was mesmerized and entertained all while laughing. I did not want it to end.