Anima Rising
A Novel
by Christopher Moore
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Pub Date May 13 2025 | Archive Date Jul 08 2025
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Description
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.
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9780062434159 |
| PRICE | $30.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 400 |
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Featured Reviews
Elizabeth R, Reviewer
I'm so grateful to have received an advanced reading copy from William Morrow & NetGalley. I thought I might combust if I had to wait until May 13, 2025 to read Anima Rising.
If you loved Sacre Blue, think Egon Schiele is a total creep, and enjoy an art history lesson that makes you giggle-- I highly recommend Anima Rising. Each time I put the book down to google if the outlandish thing I read had actually happened, it had! While I enjoyed reading, I do think it is important to know that Gustav Klimt, Carl Jung, Sigmund Freud, Egon Schiele, and Oskar Kokoschka are featured characters and were real people who behaved poorly.
Their poor and sometimes predatory behavior is one of the main conflicts, and Mr. Moore focuses on the way the female characters rise and strengthen themselves and each other in spite of and because of the awful behavior of the men around them. Get it? ANIMA RISING?
Be sure to read the author's note. Moore blends traditional stories of many circumpolar peoples to serve the narrative. One of Moore's most popular books is a Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff, Christ's Childhood Pal, so informed but irreverent is to be expected.
Read with caution:
Dub- con and Non-con, Use of the E word
Bookseller 1655801
It is my first Christopher Moore and definitely not the last. I enjoyed the scene (Vienna before World War I). I enjoyed the characters (Klimt, Freud, Wally, Ella and the others) and I had to pause the reading to search them in real life. I enjoyed the humour even if I was not sure first about the swearing.
It is the first book I have truly enjoyed for month and I have talked to everyone I know about it and I will buy a print copy for my personal book shelf when it comes out.
Alexandria L, Bookseller
Christopher moore is hilarious, and Anima Rising might be his best yet! He tucks you right into his world with silly banter, engaging characters and an exciting plot.
Kathryn M, Reviewer
Christopher Moore wrote this perfectly, it had that element that I was looking for from the description. I was invested in what was going on and thought the self-discovery worked well overall. The characters had that feel that I was looking for and I enjoyed the humor in this book. I thought the concept worked well overall and enjoyed getting to know the characters in this world.
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