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House of Leaves
by Mark Z. Danielewski
ISBN: 0375703764
ISBN-13: 9780375703768
Format: Paperback
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Summary
A man buys a house for his girlfriend and her two children. When a new door appears in a wall, they find a space that appears to be infinite, even though the outside form of the house remains the same. In five expeditions, the characters explore this vast space, and each try is documented in a different kind of narrative, each in its own typeface. Constructed of these self-referential texts, this metafiction examines the effects of a possibly haunted house on a group of people, each one more peripherally involved with it than the last. A New York Times Notable Book for 2000 and nominated for the 2000 Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel.
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"[A] vast exploration and meditation on the paradoxical spaces that open out from-or as-our awareness. To make sure the word 'meditation' doesn't daunt you into a coma of respectful abstention, let me say right off that his book is funny, moving, sexy, beautifully told, an elaborate arrangement with the shape and meaning of narrative. For all its modernist maneuvers, postmodernist airs and post-post-modernist critical parodies, HOUSE OF LEAVES is, when you get down to it, an adventure story...." -- Robert Kelly
-- New York Times Book Review
"HOUSE OF LEAVES is dizzying in every respect." -- Troy Patterson
-- Entertainment Weekly
"[T]he most ambitious and original first novel I've read since Pynchon's V.... The literary influences on HOUSE OF LEAVES are many and obvious, but Danielewski's design is ingenious, his mind rigorous, and his purpose admirable....Some few novels we do not judge. They judge us and the courage of our consciousness." -- Tom Leclair
-- Book
"[W]hile HOUSE OF LEAVES might not be the most elegantly compressed exercise..., it is an impressive first novel-and one with a refreshingly old-fashioned desire to Make It New." -- Chris Tayler
-- Times Literary Supplement
Bibliographic Details
Publisher: Pantheon Books
Published date: 2000
Size: 7 x 9.25 inches
Weight: 2.25 pounds
Publisher's Notes
A family relocates to a small house on Ash Tree Lane and discovers that the inside of their new home seems to be without boundaries. A first novel. Original.
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House of Leaves (Qty: 452)
Mark Z Danielewski
Pantheon Books, 07-Mar-2000. Paperback. NEW. Brand new item. Over 4 million customers served. Order now. Selling online since 1995. Few left in stock - order soon. Code: U20081118101802G ( more information)
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House of Leaves
Danielewski, Mark Z
New York: Pantheon Books, 2000. Oversized softcover, later printing, xxiii + 709 pages.. Very Good -. ( more information)
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House of Leaves
Danielewski, Mark Z
New York: Pantheon. Fine with no dust jacket. 2000. Second Edition; First Printing. Softcover. 0-375-70376-4 . First printing of the second edition with "House" printed in blue on the title and half-title pages. . ( more information)
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House of Leaves
Danielewski, Mark Z
Pantheon. PAPERBACK. 0375703764 Paperback, Condition: Very Good; this book is in very good condition but does have some discoloration due to aging and has some other light wear. . Very Good. ( more information)
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House of Leaves (Qty: 23)
Danielewski, Mark Z
Pantheon. PAPERBACK. 0375703764 We sell only brand new merchandise! . New. ( more information)
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House of Leaves (Qty: 34)
Danielewski, Mark Z
Pantheon. PAPERBACK. 0375703764 We sell only brand new merchandise! . New. ( more information)
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House of Leaves (Qty: 19)
Danielewski, Mark Z
Pantheon. PAPERBACK. 0375703764 We sell only brand new merchandise! . New. ( more information)
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House of Leaves
Danielewski, Mark Z
Pantheon Books, 2000 This book is in very good to fine condition. The binding is tight and pages are clean. It appears to have not had use. The cover has minor bumps and scuffs. It has been corner bumped. There is no creasing on the spine.. Soft Cover. Very Good. ( more information)
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House of Leaves : A Novel
Danielewski, Mark Z
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Knopf Publishing Group, 2000. some edge wear. . Second Edition. Soft Cover. Very Good. ( more information)
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House of Leaves
Danielewski, Mark Z
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 2000 Book is NEW; unread. . Trade Paperback. As New. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" Tall. ( more information)
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House of Leaves
Danielewski, Mark Z
Warner, 2000. Later Printing. Trade Paperback (i.e. 5-6" by 8-9" softcover). New (Condition varies from Fine to Near Fine. Please inquire as to specific condition)/N/A (volume is softcover). Keywords: Novel ( more information)
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House of Leaves
Danielewski, Mark Z
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 2000 pp. 709, as new.. Ppbk. Very Good/No Dj. Larger 8vo. ( more information)
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House of Leaves : A Novel
Danielewski, Mark Z
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Knopf Publishing Group, 2000. VG. Sotfcover.. Softcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket - As Issued. 8vo. ( more information)
Offered by The Book House - St. Louis (United States)
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House of Leaves
Danielewski, Mark Z
New York, New York: Pantheon Books, 2000. paperback. New/No Jacket. ISBN: 0-375-70376-4. ( more information)
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House of Leaves
Danielewski, Mark Z
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 2000. Paperback. Second edition. Very Good+ with one bump to bottom edge of front cover and one diagonal crease to upper left corner of rear cover.. ( more information)
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House of Leaves (Qty: 5)
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Danielewski, Mark Z
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HOUSE OF LEAVES (HAUNTED)
Danielewski, Mark Z
New York: Atlantic Records, 2000. Fine. A promotional CD of Poe's HAUNTED, with seventeen tracks, including one called "House of Leaves". The album to a great extent was written as a tie-in to the book written by her brother MZD. The CD is fine, the case cracked. ( more information)
Offered by Alexander Rare Books (United States)
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House of Leaves
Danielewski, Mark Z
NY: Pantheon, 2000., 2000 First Edition. Original decorated wraps. 709pp. Paperback first edition issued simultaneously with the hardback. A very tight, clean, fresh, bright unmarked and unread copy with a flat uncreased spine. FINE.. F. Soft Cover. ( more information)
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House of Leaves: a Novel
Danielewski, Mark Z
New York, NY, U.S.A.: Knopf Publishing Group, 2000 Unknown in Unknown jacket Acceptable Ex Library Ex-library book with usual markings (card holder, stamps, etc. ), major wear to cover, missing fep pages to preface, sold AS IS.. Trade Paperback. Unknown/Unknown. ( more information)
Offered by Midwest Book Company (United States)
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HOUSE OF LEAVES
Danielewski, Mark Z
New York: Pantheon Books, 2000. Very Good in wrappers. 2nd Edition on the title page, although it really is the first in the Pantheon edition as stated by the number line beginning with 1 on the copyright page. . First Edition First Printing. Softcover. ( more information)
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House of Leaves
Danielewski, Mark Z
New York, New York, U.S.A.: Pantheon Books, 2000 Very Good Very Good.. Trade Paperback. Very Good/Unknown. ( more information)
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House of Leaves (SIGNED excerpt booklet)
Danielewski, Mark Z. (Zampano); introduction and notes by "Johnny Truant
New York: Pantheon Books, 2000. First printing. Paperback. Softcover. Fine condition. SIGNED by Danielewski on title page (purple Z, green arrow). 40 pages of material that didn't appear in the first privately distributed edition of Danielewski's novel, presented here in typescript form with some facsimile editorial notes in the margins. Color wraps. 8 1/2" x 11". Scarce. ( more information)
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