ABANDONED. Drama, with experimental format similar to S. And House of Leaves

[Jesse]

Hey guys,

I've been looking for a book similar to House of Leaves. I came across it months ago but forgot to bookmark it later to purchase.

It's notable for coming in a box, which contains a series of pages out of context and order so you have to piece it all together. It's old, as far as I know. I don't know how old exactly but if I had to guess, I'd say 1980s.

I don't know what the letters are about, I just know that that's part of the experience of this novel, the box and the letters.

Please help, the bookworm in me is going nuts over this mystery!

[Kris]

Jesse, I moved your request to the Unsolved folder because you're looking for a specific book.

Books mentioned above: S. and House of Leaves.

[Kris]

Deleted duplicate posts. Copied over your description:

After reading and loving House of Leaves, I started looking for more novels that experimented with their structure. I found one then but now have forgotten it's name and author.
It was notable for coming in a box full of letters out of order, the content of which I can't really say. Except that it was not in chronological order.

So yeah: it was a box with letters bind by string inside. If anyone can help I'd greatly appreciate it!

[Mir]

Oh, this! I can't remember the title, but I saw several people reading it a couple years ago, so someone is sure to answer you sooner or later. In the meantime, maybe check out this list:

https://www.goodreads.com/list/show/1...

(if you search lists by "experimental" you'll get other lists that may be possibilities, too).

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

The Unfortunates?

Wikipedia says: "The Unfortunates is an experimental "book in a box" published in 1969 by English author B. S. Johnson and reissued in 2008 by New Directions.[1] The 27 sections are unbound, with a first and last chapter specified. The 25 sections in-between, ranging from a single paragraph to 12 pages in length, are designed to be read in any order."

[Daphne]

The Griffin & Sabine Trilogy isn't quite right, and it's from 1991 so not even the 1980's. But just in case.

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

Jesse, are you still looking for this or did you find it?

[Lobstergirl, au gratin]

No response, moving to Abandoned.