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House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski

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. Week 1: More Than 500 Pages

* Week 1: Introduction
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Apr 10, 2017 webslog rated it really liked it · review of another edition

I imagine the pitch to the publisher.

MD:
"So it's a story about a guy who finds a book being written by a now-dead crazy guy about a movie that another guy with his own issues made about the house/portal/bad cough-syrup trip he and his wife moved into and nearly died escaping from."

PUBLISHER:
"Mmmmmmkay."

MD:
"So it's an unreliable narrator writing about an unreliable author of a book (more or less) about a movie (about whose intrinsic unreliability don't even get me started) that's made by an unre ...more

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Oct 27, 2017 Jesse rated it it was amazing

Shelves: favorites, around-the-year-2017

As I've carried this impressive and intriguing book around with me for the last month, I've been asked several times: "What is it about?"

If you've experienced House of Leaves, you know that that's like asking a deaf person to describe Beethoven's 9th Symphony.

Yet Beethoven himself was mostly deaf as he composed what is arguably the best symphonic work of all time.

So who is the genius? And who is ignorant? And who cares!

If you find this review highly enlightening and completely understandable, t ...more

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Jan 02, 2015 E rated it liked it

Would make a great college course, but as a casual read I was annoyed that I had to work so hard to read it. I felt like each layer took away from each other layer, and following the footnotes was too distracting. The Navidson Record itself is my favorite, but wanted more. Definitely made me think, but didn't change my life. ...more

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Mar 08, 2007 Jess rated it it was amazing

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Asking me what my favorite book is can be a dangerous endeavor, and I'm likely to answer with lots of "Uhh..."s or a mightily long list. But nine times out of ten, this is the book that comes to mind. And that's all I'll say about that=) ...more

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