House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski
Random House
Paperback
Jessi’s Pick!
This is one of the few books that when I was reading it, I felt like I had a piece of art in my hands. There is no succinct way to describe this book, other than it is a bit of a mind-fuck. You just need to read and fall into it. After reading this book, it took me quite awhile before I could read a normal/sane book. House of Leaves is a story within a story within a story. I will admit, it is a monster of a book, in pages as well as ambition. This isn’t a light read. However, I will say that once you get into it, it does have a tendency to consume you, like it has consumed the characters in the book. It is definitely worth the journey.
Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth -- musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies -- the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children.
Random House
Paperback
Jessi’s Pick!
This is one of the few books that when I was reading it, I felt like I had a piece of art in my hands. There is no succinct way to describe this book, other than it is a bit of a mind-fuck. You just need to read and fall into it. After reading this book, it took me quite awhile before I could read a normal/sane book. House of Leaves is a story within a story within a story. I will admit, it is a monster of a book, in pages as well as ambition. This isn’t a light read. However, I will say that once you get into it, it does have a tendency to consume you, like it has consumed the characters in the book. It is definitely worth the journey.
Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth -- musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies -- the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children.
Random House
Paperback
Jessi’s Pick!
This is one of the few books that when I was reading it, I felt like I had a piece of art in my hands. There is no succinct way to describe this book, other than it is a bit of a mind-fuck. You just need to read and fall into it. After reading this book, it took me quite awhile before I could read a normal/sane book. House of Leaves is a story within a story within a story. I will admit, it is a monster of a book, in pages as well as ambition. This isn’t a light read. However, I will say that once you get into it, it does have a tendency to consume you, like it has consumed the characters in the book. It is definitely worth the journey.
Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youth -- musicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkies -- the book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children.