- Taschenbuch: 656 Seiten
- Verlag: HarperTorch; Auflage: Reprint (3. Februar 1999)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 0061092002
- ISBN-13: 978-0061092008
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 17 x 10,9 x 4,1 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 3.3 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (58 Kundenrezensionen)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 1.029.068 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Over many years and through many books Clive Barker has earned a reputation as the thinking person's horror writer. His novels have mixed fantasy, psychology and sheer creepiness in almost equal quantities, and while the gore quotient remains relatively low the tension always runs high. However, in Galilee Barker tones down the ghoulish in favour of the gothic. His novel (or as the author would have it, "romance") tells the tale of two warring families caught up in a disastrous web of corruption, illicit sexuality and star-crossed love, with a soupçon of the supernatural thrown in as well. On one side are the wealthy Gearys--a fictional stand-in for the Kennedys--and on the other are the Barbarossas, a mysterious black clan that has been around--quite literally--since the time of Adam. Galilee chronicles the twisted course of this centuries- old family feud which centres around the magical Barbarossa matriarch Cesaria and her son Galilee. Indeed, it's the latter figure--one part Heathcliff to one part Christ--whose relationship with the Geary women sets a match to the entire powder keg of hostility and resentment. Mixing standard clichés of romance with his own peculiarly deep-fried version of the Southern gothic, Baker has come up with an intelligent and shamelessly amusing potboiler.
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Over many years and many books, Clive Barker has earned a reputation as the thinking person's horror writer. His novels have mixed fantasy, psychology, and sheer creepiness in almost equal quantities, and while the gore quotient remains relatively low, the tension always runs high. In Galilee, however, Barker soft-pedals the ghoulish in favor of the gothic. His novel (or as the author would have it, "romance") tells the tale of two warring families caught up in a disastrous web of corruption, illicit sexuality, and star-crossed love, with a soupçon of the supernatural thrown in as well. On one side are the wealthy Gearys--a fictional stand-in for the Kennedys--and on the other are the Barbarossas, a mysterious black clan that has been around since the time (quite literally) of Adam. Galilee chronicles the twisted course of this centuries-old family feud, which centers around the magical Barbarossa matriarch Cesaria and her son Galilee. Indeed, it's the latter figure--one part Heathcliff to one part Christ--whose relationship with the Geary women sets a match to the entire powder keg of hostility and resentment. Mixing standard clichés of romance with his own peculiarly deep-fried version of the Southern gothic, Baker has come up with an intelligent and shamelessly amusing potboiler.
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At the insistence of my stepmother Cesaria Barbarossa the house in which I presently sit was built so that it faces southeast. Lesen Sie die erste Seite
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Great Story for mystery, romance, and fantasy readers,
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This was the first Clive Barker novel I have read. I thought the first 150 pages were tough to get through, but then suddenly the story becomes completely engrossing. I couldn't stop turning the pages wondering how the story was going to twist. It is a story about two competing sensualistic families, one rich, famous and in complete despair, while the other supernatural deities in the human form also in despair. Complex story and one must use the family tree in the back of the book to keep the characters straight.
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Great Story for mystery, romance, and fantasy readers,
Rezension bezieht sich auf: Galilee (Taschenbuch)
This was the first Clive Barker novel I have read. I thought the first 150 pages were tough to get through, but then suddenly the story becomes completely engrossing. I couldn't stop turning the pages wondering how the story was going to twist. It is a story about two competing sensualistic families, one rich, famous and in complete despair, while the other supernatural deities in the human form also in despair. Complex story and one must use the family tree in the back of the book to keep the characters straight.
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I've enjoyed several of Clive Barker's novels, including Weave Worldand Sacrament, so I had at least moderate expectations approachingthis book, particularly in light of the reviews (I should know better by now). The Kirkus reviewer likened this to an amalgam of John O'Hara, Faulkner and Cartland. I don't know about O'Hara, having never been interested in reading him, and the only thing I know about Barbara Cartland is what I gleaned from a 60 Minutes episode. But I have read everything I could ever find by Faulkner.... About the only thing remotely resembling that esteemed author is a southern setting. I have to admit I gave this novel a swift burial half way through the book. When hot-house Rachel discovers Galilee washed ashore at Maui or wherever it's supposed to be, I threw the book in the trash and said "I can't take anymore of this!" I don't care if it's passed off as tongue-in-cheek or not. It's still soap-opera dreck. It's worse than Harlequin romance because it's affected. At least Harlequin writers make no bones about their intentions. This is just disingenuous drivel. And the guy wants to write a sequel? Please, Mr. Barker, spare us. Find something worthy of your talents.
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