Snow [Paperback]

David Rappaport (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 24, 2000

Set in the underground dance culture of modern Los Angeles, Snow is a dark, brooding fairytale of a techno-drenched, da-glo world gone wrong for its hero and heroine - the shellshocked, opium-addicted private eye and the pale, strangely familiar dark-haired girl he follows through a world of clubs, coffeehouses, strip bars and raves. Something in her is linked to a past he feels but cannot remember. Slowly he begins to uncover the mystery... But sometimes old stories are better left unknown. Part Snow White, part hardboiled detective novel, all trance-inducing hyperliterature, Snow is a densely atmospheric novel of hypnotic rhythms, ultravivid images and droning ambient moods.

Editorial Reviews

Review

"One of the strangest and most hauntingly beautiful books I've read." -- Organism

From the Author

Snow evolved as a product of my intensive involvement with dance culture and mind-altering electronic music. The book is in one aspect a fictional evocation of my experience of rave and my experiences - both positive and negative - of trance and other rhythm-induced altered states of consciousness. In another aspect, the book is "literary trance": writing which induces a dreamlike state in the reader through the use of rhythm, vivid imagery and other elements. In its most salient aspect, Snow is a work of Hyperliterature: a literary form derived by mixing together existing themes, genres and styles - hardboiled detective fiction, French literature, Snow White, modern Japanese writing - to create a literary mosaic, similar in approach to sample-based electronic music produced by mixing musical sources.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 150 pages
• Publisher: Crown Liquid Books (July 24, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0967978009
• ISBN-13: 978-0967978000
• Product Dimensions: 7.8 x 5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,830,138 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Snow Review, November 6, 2000

By A Customer

This review is from: Snow (Paperback)

This book is trance inducing in a totally different way than any book I've ever read. It isn't just a story about rave culture, it actually IS trance. It's hard to explain - reading it is sort of like having a dream, or experiencing an altered state without drugs. It's incredibly cool, and kind of bizarre.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars WOW, March 18, 2001

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"rosierosierosie" (San Diego, CA United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Snow (Paperback)

Hey, this is a pretty insane book. The images are so intense they left me literally in a daze. Absolutely the best choice for anyone interested in rave culture ART, rather than the usual pop fiction or "drugumentary" fare.

5.0 out of 5 stars Don't want it to end, August 31, 2005

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Gman (Somewhere in kansas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Snow (Paperback)

I'm reading this one slowly, more slowly as I near the end--chanced upon this book, bought it in spite of "Rave culture" dance pop stuff which was pretty silly for cover remarks or reviews. This is poetry. What writing. Almost pointless story, if it can be called a story, but this book exists on a level that is haunting and compelling just for its beautiful descriptions and analogies. I looked it up because I wanted more by this guy--don't see any other books at this point by him, but will be on the lookout. Pure magic.