![]() While Lydia Millett of The LA Times hailed Danielewski's latest work as a " sprawling postmodern monument to semantic encryption," The Guardian's Michael Schaub wasn't nearly as kind, bluntly labelling it " unreadable." ![]() Reviews have ranged from glowing to downright angry. Reception of the novel, which was just published May 12, has been unsurprisingly mixed. And The Familiar is like Leaves with the dial turned up to the max. Reading it often feels like attempting a Sunday crossword puzzle the size of a football field. Oh, and lest that sound too straightforward, it's also told from the point of view of a young man who's reading an enigmatic scholar's manuscript about a mysterious missing documentary film about the possibly haunted house employing the use of footnotes, different colored texts, and unconventional layouts. that is, if you can figure it out.įor those who haven't read House Of Leaves, here's a (very) brief summary: a family moves into a new house and quickly discovers that it's larger on the inside than it is on the outside horror ensues. This door-stopper of a tome is just as unusual, just as puzzling, and just as inscrutable as the author's most famous work. Danielewski's new The Familiar, Volume 1: One Rainy Day In May. If you read 2010's House Of Leaves, then you know exactly what to expect from Mark Z. ![]()
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