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A boy has an encounter with a man who causes extinctions of other species, so he grows up to be a man who documents (and thus appeals for a halt to) those extinctions. This dark fantasy tale is unlike Clive Barker's other recent ones: it is more tightly plotted, and more of this world. In a sequence of well-executed stories within stories (comparable to Russian dolls), Barker unfolds a compelling examination of what it means to be human, to be a man, and to be a gay man--on a planet where aging, disease, and death bring "the passing of things, of days and beasts and men he'd loved." A satisfying long novel packed with vivid images, memorable characters, and a melancholy mood that reaches for hope.
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Sacrament, Clive Barker
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- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1996
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- Titel
- Sacrament
- Sprache
- Englisch
- Autor*innen
- Clive Barker
- Verlag
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Erscheinungsdatum
- 1996
- Einband
- Hardcover
- Seitenzahl
- 433
- ISBN10
- 0002235617
- ISBN13
- 9780002235617
- Reihe
- Schlagwörter
- Belletristik, Krimi & Thriller, Fantasy, Thriller, Spiritualität, Horror, LGBTQ+ Literatur, Ökologische Thematik, Übernatürliche Phänomene, Englische Literatur, Mystik, Homosexualität, Dunkle Fantasy, Paranormaler Horror, Yorkshire
- Erstveröffentlichung
- 1996
- Originaltitel
- Sacrament
- Bewertung
- 3,8 von 5 Sternen
- Beschreibung
- A boy has an encounter with a man who causes extinctions of other species, so he grows up to be a man who documents (and thus appeals for a halt to) those extinctions. This dark fantasy tale is unlike Clive Barker's other recent ones: it is more tightly plotted, and more of this world. In a sequence of well-executed stories within stories (comparable to Russian dolls), Barker unfolds a compelling examination of what it means to be human, to be a man, and to be a gay man--on a planet where aging, disease, and death bring "the passing of things, of days and beasts and men he'd loved." A satisfying long novel packed with vivid images, memorable characters, and a melancholy mood that reaches for hope.