Chiliad: A Meditation

Chiliad: A Meditation

Welcome to the world of Chiliad, an astonishing two-part novella by the incomparable Clive Barker. A brilliantly composed narrative filled with unforgettable images, this visionary meditation on time, history, and human suffering is surely one of Barkerâ€™s most distinctiveâ€”and distinguishedâ€”creations.â€¨â€¨Chiliad consists of two interrelated stories, stories filtered through the melancholy imagination of a narrator perched on the banks of a river that flows backward and forward through time. The first movement, â€œMen and Sin,â€ takes place in the millennial year of 1000 AD. The second, â€œA Moment at the Riverâ€™s Heart,â€ occurs exactly one thousand yearsâ€”the length of a â€œchiliadâ€â€”later, as the new millennium approaches. At the heart of these stories are two savage, seemingly inexplicable atrocities, each of which reaches across the centuries to reflect and connect with the other. As the narratives unfold and time becomes increasingly permeable, Barker creates a dark, sorrowful portrait of the ancient human capacity for cruelty and destruction. Writing always with lucidity and grace, he addresses a host of universal concerns, among them the power of guilt and grief, and the need to find signs of meaning in the chaos that surrounds us. In the process, he examines the endless chain of consequences that inevitably proceed from a single act of violence.

At once hugely expansive and deeply personal, Chiliad is a compact masterpiece, a resonant reminder of Barkerâ€™s ability to create fictional worlds that enrich and illuminate our own.

Country	USA
Author	Clive Barker
Binding	Kindle Edition
EISBN	9781596065963
Format	Kindle eBook
IsAdultProduct
Label	Subterranean Press
Manufacturer	Subterranean Press
NumberOfPages	96
PublicationDate	2014-01-31
Publisher	Subterranean Press
ReleaseDate	2014-01-31
Studio	Subterranean Press