House of Leaves

House of Leaves

1999 • 709 pages

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House of Leaves is an epistolary fiction and metafiction novel focusing on a fictional documentary film titled the Navidson Record, presented as a story within a story discussed in a handwritten monograph recovered by the primary narrator, Johnny Truant. The narrative makes heavy use of multiperspectivity as Truant's footnotes chronicle his efforts to transcribe the manuscript, which itself reveals the Navidson Record's supposed narrative through transcriptions and analysis depicting a story of a family who discovers a larger-on-the-inside labyrinth in their house.

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a fun and healthy challenge. i approve.

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DNF

May 1, 2018

20 000 characters are not enough to describe this book, haha.
Just experience it for yourself. Be sure to pull through even if it distracts you. It's a book you will remember for years.

January 1, 2012

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