THEMIND-BENDINGCULTCLASSICABOUTAHOUSETHAT’SLARGERONTHEINSIDETHANONTHEOUTSIDE-Amasterpieceofhorrorandanastonishinglyimmersive,maze-likereadingexperiencethatredefinestheboundariesofanovel.’’Simultaneouslyreadslikeathrillerandlikeastrange,dreamlikeexcursionintothesubconscious.“--MichikoKakutani,TheNewYorkTimes“Thrillinglyalive,sublimelycreepy,distressinglyscary,breathtakinglyintelligent--itrendersmostotherfictionmeaningless.“--BretEastonEllis,bestsellingauthorofAmericanPsycho“Thisdemonicallybrilliantbookisimpossibletoignore.“--JonathanLethem,award-winningauthorofMotherlessBrooklynYearsago,whenHouseofLeaveswasfirstbeingpassedaround,itwasnothingmorethanabadlybundledheapofpaper,partsofwhichwouldoccasionallysurfaceontheInternet.Noonecouldhaveanticipatedthesmallbutdevotedfollowingthisterrifyingstorywouldsooncommand.Startingwithanoddassortmentofmarginalizedyouth--musicians,tattooartists,programmers,strippers,environmentalists,andadrenalinejunkies--thebookeventuallymadeitswayintothehandsofoldergenerations,whonotonlyfoundthemselvesinthosestrangelyarrangedpagesbutalsodiscoveredawaybackintothelivesoftheirestrangedchildren.Nowmadeavailableinbookform,completewiththeoriginalcoloredwords,verticalfootnotes,andsecondandthirdappendices,thestoryremainsunchanged.Similarly,theculturalfascinationwithHouseofLeavesremainsasferventandasimaginativeasever.Thenovelhasgoneontoinspiredoctorate-levelcoursesandmasterstheses,culturalphenomenaliketheonlineurbanlegendof“thebackrooms,“andincredibleworksofartinentirelyunrealtedmediumsfrommusictovideogames.NeitherPulitzerPrize-winningphotojournalistWillNavidsonnorhiscompanionKarenGreenwaspreparedtofacetheconsequencesoftheimpossibilityoftheirnewhome,untilthedaytheirtwolittlechildrenwanderedoffandtheirvoiceseerilybegantoreturnanotherstory--ofcreaturedarkness,ofanever-growingabyssbehindaclosetdoor,andofthatunholygrowlwhichsoonenoughwouldtearthroughtheirwallsandconsumealltheirdreams.
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