Walker Easterling, an actor confused about his orphan past, falls passionately in love with a beautiful supermodel. When they establish their lives together in Vienna, a series of bizarre events reveals that Walker has led many past lives. An unresolved conflict may lead to the death of their unborn child.
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In this "farfetched" story of reincarnation among the beautiful people, an actor stumbles upon traces of his previous lives. "In what begins as a highly literate parapsychological puzzler, Carroll shifts gears into fantasy and fairy tale, with results that may not be wholly satisfactory to fans of any one genre," commented PW.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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"Jonathan Carroll has the magic. He'll lend you his eyes; and you will never see the world in quite the same way ever again."
--Neil Gaiman
"Jonathan Carroll is a master of sunlit surrealism."
--Jonathan Lethem
--Neil Gaiman
"Jonathan Carroll is a master of sunlit surrealism."
--Jonathan Lethem
"I envy anyone who has yet to enjoy the sexy, eerie and addictive novels of Jonathan Carroll. They are delicious treats--with devilish tricks inside them." (Michael Dirda Washington Post Book World )
"Carroll is a magic realist who plunders our unconscious for profound emotional truths." (Carl Bromley The Nation ) --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.
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IT TOOK ME LESS THAN HALF A LIFETIME TO REALIZE THAT REGRET IS one of the few guaranteed certainties. Read the first page
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Not your usual run-of-the-mill novel, Sleeping in Flame will win your heart with its delightful blend of romance and humor. But then, people who at first glance seem strikingly glamorous turn...well, weird. This book and its author have the potential of developing a cult following. It begins with Walker, a screenwriter living in Vienna, meeting Maris, a model on the run from a potentially violent lover. The two fall in love, and then author Carroll begins leading us and them down bizarre and frightening paths - all the while making sure we're laughing at every twist in the path.
Don't think you've got the tone of this novel figured out; the author's about to pull the rug out from under you. But you'll willingly suspend belief and go along for the magic carpet ride, I betcha.
Don't think you've got the tone of this novel figured out; the author's about to pull the rug out from under you. But you'll willingly suspend belief and go along for the magic carpet ride, I betcha.
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By sasha_
Format:Paperback
For the most part, this is an excellent book. It begins as a fairly normal love story in Vienna, but elements of the bizarre keep seeping into this ordinary artistic world. Pretty soon, magic, suspense, and amazing twists are everywhere. It's delightful and heartwrenching. I was reading it, tense and excited, tears occasionally coming to my eyes, and wondering to myself how many friends I could recommend it to.
Then, suddenly, it ended. And the ending was no thrill--the complex story the author was weaving around the tale of Rumplestiltskin suddenly fell apart into a barely tenable, uncompelling solution. And then, to make matters worse, came the incomprehensible section in which, as best I can figure out, Little Red Riding Hood makes a threatening first appearance. Don't worry--I haven't spoiled the book itself for you, because this section has almost nothing to do with the rest of the book.
I was very disappointed--I'd rather simply read a bad book, than read a book that is astonishingly good, right up until the bad ending. If you ask me, Carroll's editor isn't doing his or her job. However, I'll be on the lookout for books of Carroll's that are more complete, because his style is, at its best, genuinely fantastic.
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Format:Paperback
In Carroll's masterpiece, Sleeping in Flame, what begins as a brooding,witty and bittersweet novel--think Paul Auster or Haruki Murakami--about a film actor and his desire for the beautiful and androgynous Maris York, has,by its end, traversed a world of shamans and sea monsters in an astonishing
reworking of the Grimm tale "Rumpelstiltskin."
reworking of the Grimm tale "Rumpelstiltskin."
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21st century Zen master...
The story is similar in theme and style to another of the crazy wisdom writers out there today: Haruki Murakami. Read more
Published on Mar 11 2002 by Zentao
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A Fairytale Destiny
Actor Walker Easterling has a unique origin--and you'll never "guess" what it is until you immerse yourself into this thoroughly enjoyable albeit quirky read. Read more
Published on Dec 26 2001 by Diana F. Von Behren
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Carroll's Walker in Wonderland?
If you are looking for a reading experience like none that you have had before Jonathan Carroll's "Sleeping In Flame" might just be the book for you. Read more
Published on Sep 4 2001 by edzaf
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Magical in Every Possible Way...
_Sleeping in Flame_ is a mystic journey, both for the characters seeking to find themselves and for the audience--who, after a few hundred pages, no longer know exactly what to... Read more
Published on Aug 16 2001 by Roger T. Whitson
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Reads like David Lynch!
For anyone who knows who David Lynch is (the guy who did Twin Peaks and Wild Thing)I'm telling you this book is like reading one of his movies! Read more
Published on July 18 2001 by Deanya D. Batista
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Half Good, Half Trivial, Ultimately Average
This book has two halves, the simplistic second ruining the interesting first.
The first half was complex, with good characters and a number of intriguing potential situations,... Read more
Published on Mar 31 2001 by Hovig J. Heghinian
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Wow
To put it simply I will never trust a fairy tale again.
Published on Mar 26 2001 by Deep Forsert
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As fine a contemporary fantasy as you could read.
I've only read two books by Jonathan Carroll so far, this one and The Voice of Our Shadow. This is my favorite of the two, mainly because Voice of Our Shadow is closer to being a... Read more
Published on Jan 31 2001 by Earl P. Dean
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A fairy-tale nightmare
This is a phenomenal book. Carroll creates characters you care about and can relate to. You get to know them well before Carroll twists the world sideways and suddenly the... Read more
Published on Dec 5 2000 by Mekano 46
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Magical Carroll
This is my favourite book of his and I have read them all--over and over again. The first half of the book will have you liking the characters, wishing you could meet them and go... Read more
Published on Oct 17 2000 by Pauline Woodfin
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