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Lädt ... Coldheart Canyon.von Clive Barker
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Melde dich bei LibraryThing an um herauszufinden, ob du dieses Buch mögen würdest. Keine aktuelle Diskussion zu diesem Buch. Extremely interesting premise that goes on for far too long. There were about four different times that this novel could have ended satisfactorily, but it just.kept.going. ( ) The most visceral ghost story I've ever read, which is probably why it's my favorite. As is usually the case, Barker comes up with new angles to the premise that highlights how unoriginal most writers are, such as the tiled chamber that transports those within to a hellscape frozen in time, or the warped hybrids resulting from celebrity dalliances in beastiality, ideas with teeth that land like a bracing slap in the face after you've been long-anesthetized by the anemic "young adult" baby food that clogs every shelf in the bookstore. The most effective thing about the novel is how savagely it critiques Hollywood narcissism; the reader ends up amazed the denizens of Tinsel Town manage to produce even decent movies, much less great ones, considering the absurd realpolitik of the process. If I have to level one criticism of the book, it would be that Tammy, an obsessed fan of the protagonist, falls out of love with him a little too easily. There are points where its hard to buy her as the voice of reason without going through a little more growing.
Barker's new novel is a ferocious indictment of (and backhanded tribute to) Hollywood Babylon, depicted through Barker's glorious imagination as a nexus of human and inhuman evil where fleshly pursuits corrupt the spirit. It's also one ripping ghost story, spooky and suspenseful, as well as a departure for Barker in that here, as never before, the fantastic mingles with the real, kind of.... a fluid writing style; a canvas whose twisted originality rivals Bosch; a depth of theme; and an understanding of the human yearning for good and evil alike—they add up to a royal flush, one of the most accomplished, and most notable, novels of the year. Gehört zu VerlagsreihenAuszeichnungenPrestigeträchtige Auswahlen
"[Clive Barker] is a mapmaker of the mind, charting the farthest reaches of the imagination." --Washington Post From The Books of Blood to Hellraiser to Imajica, Abarat, and Mister B. Gone, Clive Barker's extraordinary vision knows no bounds. With Coldheart Canyon, the New York Times bestselling master of dark fantasy who has been called "a cross between Stephen King and Gabriel Garcia Marquez" (Boston Herald) thrills readers with a "Hollywood ghost story" as audacious and chilling as anything he (or anyone else) has ever written. USA Today calls it, "Endlessly entertaining...wickedly enjoyable," and fans everywhere will agree--a tense and winding trip down into the hellish depths of Coldheart Canyon is well worth making. Keine Bibliotheksbeschreibungen gefunden. |
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