The rainbow storiesThe thirteen stories in this book are populated by punks and angels, skinheads and religious assassins, streetwalkers and fetishists - people who live outside the law and and the clear light of the every day. Set in landscapes as diverse as ancient Babylon, India, and the seamy underbelly of San Francisco, these tales are laced with Vollman's fertile imagination. 'The Rainbow Stories' ushers readers into a world that bears an awful yet hypnotic resemblance to that of our deepest nightmares. |
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User Review - HadriantheBlind - LibraryThingExcellent stories about the underbelly of society. Vollmann is still developing, after the utterly bizarre "You Bright and Risen Angels", and this is his first 'realist' work. Very impressive, though ... Read full review
The rainbow stories
User Review - Not Available - Book VerdictThese long, interlocking short stories comprise an anthropological field report from San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district, 20 years after the Summer of Love. The author's stated goal is simply to ... Read full review
Contents
The Visible Spectrum | 5 |
The White Knights | 59 |
Ladies and Red Lights | 81 |
Copyright | |
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