Mass Market Paperback, 864 pages
English language
Published Oct. 15, 1992 by HarperTorch.
Highly imaginative and intricately detailed, the book unfortunately suffers from an extensive length.
This is the book that made me fall in love with Barker. I will admit, however, that the last time I tried to read it a bit of the glamour was gone. It's a wonderful story filled with creative races and some of the more freeform creation that I have ever read. The way in which Pie-O-Pah travels between the worlds still fills me with wonder. The book does get a bit long, however, and that was the main problem I had the last time I tried to read it. If you like androgyny then this is an amazing work which deals with the perception of beauty as well as the perception of freedom and faith.
