Snow Die Kälte Roman
Format: Taschenbuch
ISBN:
9783453528529 (3453528522)
ASIN: 3453528522
Publish date: 2011
Publisher: Heyne, W
Pages no: 384
Edition language: Deutsch
My favourite type of horror story is what I like to call "survival horror". That is, the type of tale where a group of characters become trapped somewhere and get picked off one by one by an initially unknown but powerful assailant. As their numbers dwindle, panic and desperation set in, the assaila...
After their flight is cancelled due to a severe snowstorm, several stranded passengers decide to rent a Jeep and drive to their final destination. Along the way they pick up a man wandering in the snow who, claims that his daughter is lost in the storm. His story just doesn't add up-and what are th...
efficient and unremarkable. interesting monsters, but overall: eh.
So, one of the blurbs on Tom McCarthy's Remainder claims it's a great work of existential horror, while on Malfi's Snow praise rings about its classical horror accomplishments. Snow's monster fiction falls squarely in the realist prose-stylings of a particular genre camp (I think--but, wait--what's...
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