Sangre

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Clive Barker: Sangre (Spanish language, 1987, Martínez Roca)

Paperback, 233 pages

Spanish language

Published Sept. 8, 1987 by Martínez Roca.

ISBN:
978-84-270-1158-8
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OCLC Number:
434945800

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Dice Stephen King: «Clive Barker es el escritor más importnate en el campo del terror desde Peter Straub». Esta selección de cuentos ratifica el juicio de Stephen King, que además coincide con los otros maestros del terror, como Peter Straub y Ramsey Campbell. La originalidad campea en todos ellos, junto a la voluntad de llevar los temas hasta que sus últimas ocnsecuencias.

Y quien piense que tantas alabanzas son exageradas, seguramente se sumará a ellas después de leer historias como la de las manos que se rebelan contra sus dueños; la de la cuerda cuyos nudos sujetan fuerzas que no son de este mundo; la de la mujer que soluciona sus conflictos conyugales con una ayuda poco ortodoxa; la del hombre que fabrica, literalmente, su propio infierno; la del afrosisíaco que trueca el éxtasis en una maldición; la de la profesora que investiga rumores sobre atrocidades insólitas; y la …

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Review of 'Books of Blood' on 'Goodreads'

I’d not heard of this author before. Also, not being much of a horror movie fan (I prefer books to movies), I haven’t seen any of the movies he apparently wrote.

I was pleasantly surprised, however, when I read the Foreword and Introductions of this book, and saw how well-known he is in the horror world.

And his writing impressed me. He has a bit of an unorthodox style... but I like it. Most horror these days focuses on good triumphing over evil. It’s a “regular Joe” being thrust into alien environments and situations and somehow prevailing against all odds.

Not so in Clive Barker’s stories. He explores the idea that not all stories have happy endings, and the sheer nihilism is refreshing!

Like most short story collections, not everything in this one will appeal. I liked most of them, but struggled to get into others, and still others were …

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