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There Are Doors

Gene Wolfe (1988)

SubgenreHigh Fantasy
Age groupAdult 18+
Content ratingR
Pages (Standard (250-400))
Setting
CSM age18+
Goodreads3.62

Content levels

ViolenceModerate
Sexual contentModerate
LanguageMild

Trigger warnings

DeathObsessionStalking

Protagonist archetypes

Reluctant Hero

Synopsis

A man who falls in love with a goddess from an alternate universe. She flees him, but he pursues her through doorways--interdimensional gateways--to the other place, determined to sacrifice his life, if necessary, for her love. For in her world, to be her mate . . . is to die.

Tags

Literary FantasyPhilosophical FictionSurrealismMythological Elements