Thomas Hag Libros

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.

Nach einem Flugzeugabsturz stranden 48 Überlebende auf einer abgelegenen Pazifikinsel, wo unheimliche Ereignisse und mysteriöse Kreaturen sie erwarten. Ihre dunkle Vergangenheit holt sie ein, wie bei Dexter, der mit seinen Lügen kämpft, und Jeff, der die große Liebe verloren hat.