{"product_id":"9781582436623","title":"The Bluesiana Snake Festival: A Novel","description":"\u003ci\u003e“. . . Probably many a road scholar would testify this place makes good leavin’ and better comin’ back to . . . Place puts a hold on your soul, man, these streets call you like an old song . . .”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSo starts \u003ci\u003eThe Bluesiana Snake Festival\u003c\/i\u003e as Hidden Dave Crossway, a New Orleans street sweeper, celebrates the city in its pre-Katrina skin. With the night of the “snake moon” as the backdrop, we experience the lives, languages, and rhythms of the French Quarter, an unexpected urban idyll.\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e“Yeah . . . Way down river, heart of a swamp, she’s a city made of music, down soft ground between memory and dream . . .”\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThrough a blend of voices — Big Jim Bullshit, Shushubaby, and Brooklyn Bob, to name a few — the musical voice of New Orleans is revealed in its varied dialects, grooves reminiscent of ragtime, jazz, and blues. The result is a look into who these folks are, their ways and beliefs, their senses of truth, and of existence itself. A novel about the joy and beauty of life in the depths, the momentum and narrative heart isn’t driven by a plot — it’s about the trance.","brand":"Catapult","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47134272192752,"sku":"9781582436623","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781582436623_p0.jpg?v=1763798050","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781582436623","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}