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| Authors: |
Mark Z. Danielewski |
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Professional Reviews
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Book: "[T]he most ambitious and original first novel I've read since Pynchon's V.... The literary influences on HOUSE OF LEAVES are many and obvious, but Danielewski's design is ingenious, his mind rigorous, and his purpose admirable....Some few novels we do not judge. They judge us and the courage of our consciousness." |
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Format: Hardcover
Publisher: Pantheon Books (February 01, 2000)
Measurements: 9.5"(h) x 7.25"(w) x 1.5"(d), 2.65 lbs.
ISBN: 9780375420528 |
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First Line
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I still get nightmares. In fact, I get them so often that I should be used to them by now. I'm not. No one ever really gets used to nightmares. |
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A man buys a house for his girlfriend and her two children. When a new door appears in a wall, they find a space that appears to be infinite, even though the outside form of the house remains the same. In five expeditions, the characters explore this vast space, and each try is documented in a different kind of narrative, each in its own typeface. Constructed of these self-referential texts, this metafiction examines the effects of a possibly haunted house on a group of people, each one more peripherally involved with it than the last. A New York Times Notable Book for 2000 and nominated for the 2000 Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. |
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