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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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- Released
- 1996
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- Title
- Sacrament
- Language
- English
- Authors
- Clive Barker
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Released
- 1996
- Format
- Hardcover
- Pages
- 433
- ISBN10
- 0002235617
- ISBN13
- 9780002235617
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, Thriller, Spirituality, Horror, LGBTQ+, Environmental Themes, Supernatural Phenomena, English Literature, Mysticism, Homosexuality, Dark Fantasy, Supernatural Horror, Yorkshire
- First published
- 1996
- Original title
- Sacrament
- Rating
- 3.8 out of 5
- Description
- 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.