- Hardcover: 824 pages
- Publisher: Harpercollins (1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0060179228
- ISBN-13: 978-0060179229
- Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 15.7 x 5.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (40 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 850,668 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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‘Moves with tidal force and power’
- William S Burroughs
‘The tears of blood and nightmare imagery are passionate and ingenious… Imajica is a ride with remarkable views’
- Times Literary Supplement
‘Barker’s fecundity of invention is beyond praise. In a world of hard-bitten horror and originality, Clive Barker dislocates your mind’
- Mail on Sunday
‘A powerful and fascinating writer with a brilliant imagination… Clive Barker is an outstanding storyteller’
- J G Ballard
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A book of revelations. A seamless tapestry of erotic passion, thwarted ambition and mythic horror. Clive Barker takes us on a voyage to worlds beyond our knowledge, but within our grasp.
John Furie Zacharias, known as Gentle, a master forger whose life is a series of lies. Judith Odell, a beautiful woman desired by three powerful men, but belonging to none of them. Pie’oh’pah, a mysterious assassin who deals in love as well as death. These three are united in a desperate search for the heart of a universal mystery, and will find the truth that lies in a place as mysterious as the face of God, and as secret as the human soul. They discover the Imajica.
Imajica is many things: an epic novel of vast panoramas and intimate, obsessive passions, embracing ghosts and reflections as well as the human and the divine.
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It was the pivotal teaching of Pluthero Quexos, the most celebrated dramatist of the Second Dominion, that in any fiction, no matter how ambitious its scope or profound its theme, there was only ever room for three players. Read the first page
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This was the first Clive Barker book I read and I have to admit to being astounded by the sheer range and imagination of it. It is similar to Weaveworld in that it leans much more towards fantasy than most horror fiction, but it tells a stronger story than weaveworld and although it takes a lot of pages to do so it is well worth it. I would recommend this to anyone interested in contemporary fantasy. The only advice I would give is that this is not a good starting point for Clive Barker, as none of his other stuff matches up to it...
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I first read Clive Barker in 1994, starting with the novel 'The great and secret show'. That was extremely enjoyable and gave me a taste for what is certainly my most read, most enjoyed, and thought provoking book in my collection. Believe me when I say that you will never, ever read another book that comes close to this for portraying the myriad of human failures, triumphs and weaknesses.
Do yourself a favour and lose yourself in this book.......you will not be able to put it down.
Do yourself a favour and lose yourself in this book.......you will not be able to put it down.
15 of 17 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Is this book a rewriting or a perversion of the Gospels and the Book of Revelation ? Both and neither. The story itself, the plot if you want, is beyond any telling, summarizing or even sketching. It is extremely complex and difficult - at times - to follow. Not too many notes like in Mozart, but too many characters. As a rewriting of the New Testament, a Reconciler (a Christ) has to reconcile and regenerate the five Dominions of the Universe, Imajica, creating love and prosperity. But the male God has to be destroyed - since he is an imposter - to enable the three female Goddesses he had crushed down to take over and give life a chance. He also has to be killed to open the final door for spirits situated in the first layer of this universe. The male God is a tyrant. It is his son that has to go through the process of getting him destroyed and regenerating the alpha to open the omega. This vision is entirely dominated by the female principle : three Goddesses take over ; the God's son's mother who was rapterously raped by this God is the tool used to destroy him ; this universe is composed of five dominions that are building a circle, with a sixth one for the dead that is inside this circle. This book is also a beautiful symphony of words, images, situations and symbols dedicated to love, particularly love between beings who are not supposed - by standard ethics - to love each other : homosexuals ; individuals from radically different species ; love for the destroyer and hate for the Saviour ; and yet love for the Saviour and hate for the destroyer. Love is hate and hate is love. This is achieved page after page. Any love is hate and any hate is love. Life is this constant contradiction and it is only spiritual forces inside and outside that can liberate alienated individuals and real human fate, destiny, providence and feelings. Some will say this vision of the universe is anti-christian or even anti-god. Yet this vision cannot stand and make sense if the concept of God, of a superior force, drive is not present from beginning to end in every event, development, being. This book is the most spiritual and religious book that can be found even if and even because it kills old conceptions of allmighty male gods. This book should be a must for want-to-be priests and preachers.
Dr Jacques COULARDEAU
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excellent novel
I have read this book several times over the past few years.It is an excellent novel.I recently purchased the novel in a Kindle edition. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr. D. J. Williams
A Masterpiece!
I'll keep this short - this is the best fantasy book I've read, and I've read a lot! Read it asap.
Published 12 months ago by Bifford the Youngest
My favourite book
I am not quite up to the challenge of giving this book the review it deserves. However, I would like to encourage as many people to read it as possible. Read more
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My Favourite Novel
It is almost twenty years since I first read this book and it has sat on the bookshelf ever since. Not bearing to part with it, I have just begun reading it again. Read more
Published 18 months ago by A. Vainlo
Barkers Magnum Opus
After the incredible power and imagination of Weaveworld and The Great and Secret Show you could be forgiven for thinking Mr Barker had probably peaked too soon. Read more
Published on 14 Dec 2009 by The Cainster
Interesting to compare with Phillip Pullman
I first read this magnificent epic about fourteen years ago and clearly remember its power. I had never really spotted the connection before, but it really does share some... Read more
Published on 27 Oct 2009 by C. J. Hendry
What else is there to say?
Its all been said in other reveiws but i just had to say my peace too. This is by far the best book ive ever read. Read more
Published on 20 Aug 2009 by N. Slack
Best book I've read in ages
When I first got this book, which was recommended to me by a close friend, I was instantly put off by the sheer size of it, over 1000 pages. Read more
Published on 22 Mar 2009 by Neil Hawkins
Best novel I have read in a long time
I have to admit, I was apprehensive, as this was the first of Barker's novels I had purchased. It is honestly one of the best books I have EVER read. Read more
Published on 12 Jun 2008 by A. S. Welburn
Fantasy for Grown-Ups
Imajica is a sprawling and majestic work, ambitious in the extreme and of dizzying complexity. Despite being a weighty tome, the subtle character development combined with a... Read more
Published on 29 Dec 2007 by C. Cubbin
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