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This book is a feast for literary theorists. There are so many meta levels, they make you dizzy. I think the book is a piece of art not only because of the text and the complexity but also because it visually captures the House. The intricate footnotes, the multitude of layers, the shifting text, the different types of sources shown in the appendix, the various narrators/voices - all create a complex labyrinth. Honestly, I applaud Danielewski in creating such a complex, intricate and capti ...more
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This book is a feast for literary theorists. There are so many meta levels, they make you dizzy. I think the book is a piece of art not only because of the text and the complexity but also because it visually captures the House. The intricate footnotes, the multitude of layers, the shifting text, the different types of sources shown in the appendix, the various narrators/voices - all create a complex labyrinth. Honestly, I applaud Danielewski in creating such a complex, intricate and capti ...more
Will, Zampano, Johnny y finalmente el nombre detras del nombre detras del nombre, Mark Z. Danielewski. Asi tiene varios niveles y varias capas esta atrapante y zigzagueante historia, tanto literal como figurativamente. Historias con una narrativa metatextual y no linear no son faciles de encontrar, mucho menos que sean asi de interesantes, muchas veces leemos cosas que solo tienen algo que decir en conjunto, en retrospectiva pero Danielewski no, cada palabra, cada renglón, cada giro que el papel
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Leave your sanity behind at the door.
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Flippin' godlike. ...more
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