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# Experimental, mind-bending format Cult classic narrative depth Top 100 Horror Bestseller House of Leaves

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## Summary

> 📖 Unlock the book that will haunt your mind and elevate your bookshelf

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## Key Features

- • **Experience a full-color edition:** Visually striking pages that enhance the eerie atmosphere
- • **Join a passionate cult following:** Over 13,000 reviews and active online discussions
- • **Own a top-ranked horror thriller:** Ranked #60 in Horror and #159 in Thrillers & Suspense
- • **Dive into a genre-defying masterpiece:** Blurs reality and fiction with immersive storytelling
- • **Challenge your perception with complex layout:** Innovative typography mirrors the story’s spatial distortions

## Overview

House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski is a genre-bending horror novel celebrated for its experimental narrative and unique typographic style. This full-color edition offers a visually immersive experience that complements its complex, multi-layered story. With over 13,000 reviews and a strong cult following, it ranks among the top 100 horror books, making it a must-have for readers craving a literary challenge that transcends traditional storytelling.

## Description

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Review: Experimental writing done right, and how! - It is very rare for a book to have its characters live beyond the pages, and at the same time let it transcend its own genre into something else. House of Leaves does that, and more. At its core, House of Leaves is many things; a horror novel, a narrative of a schizophrenic, a metaphor for loss in life. But what the reader is treated to from page one is a complex narrative which includes everything from the analysis of the character psyches, to the historical and philosophical ramifications of the anomaly that is the house. If Danielewski has intended to blur the borders of reality and fiction, he nails it with hordes of detail that borders on factual accuracy. And it does what a typical scare-fair can fail to do; it scares you. The book is very difficult to read, with the haphazard angles of printing (an analogy to the spatial perversions in the story) and several footnotes and appendices. But in many ways, that is what makes it a jaw-dropping page turner. The book has its fair share of unanswered questions - questions which give you a new perspective with each rereading, the reason for its cult status and several online discussion boards regarding the underlying themes. The best way to summarize is perhaps a line from the book itself, told by one of the band musicians to Johnny Truant. 'Take a look. But be careful. It will change your life.'
Review: Absolutely must buy - I saw some reviews where users didn't got full color edition and I was little disappointed and still I placed the order, and to my surprise I got full color edition and it's totally worth it, am currently on page 50 and one thing I would like to conclude here that this book is different, VERY different, it's definitely unsettling, I mean to the pages where there isn't anything scary, it still gives chills to my spine and my heart always races everytime I grab this book, it's not a regular book, and as mark says, 'this is not for you' Trust me he meant it

## Technical Specifications

| Specification | Value |
|---------------|-------|
| Best Sellers Rank | #10,464 in Books ( See Top 100 in Books ) #60 in Horror (Books) #159 in Thrillers and Suspense #579 in Contemporary Fiction (Books) |
| Country of Origin  | India |
| Customer Reviews | 4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars (13,064) |
| Dimensions  | 17.91 x 3.07 x 23.47 cm |
| Generic Name  | Book |
| ISBN-10  | 0375703764 |
| ISBN-13  | 978-0375703768 |
| Importer  | Penguin Random House India Pvt Ltd |
| Item Weight  | 1 kg 50 g |
| Language  | English |
| Packer  | Penguin Random House India Pvt Ltd |
| Paperback  | 736 pages |
| Publisher  | Pantheon; 2nd edition (7 March 2000); Phaidon SARL; Jean-Francois Durance; gpsr@phaidon.com |

## Images

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## Customer Reviews

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Experimental writing done right, and how!
*by N***S on 17 June 2017*

It is very rare for a book to have its characters live beyond the pages, and at the same time let it transcend its own genre into something else. House of Leaves does that, and more. At its core, House of Leaves is many things; a horror novel, a narrative of a schizophrenic, a metaphor for loss in life. But what the reader is treated to from page one is a complex narrative which includes everything from the analysis of the character psyches, to the historical and philosophical ramifications of the anomaly that is the house. If Danielewski has intended to blur the borders of reality and fiction, he nails it with hordes of detail that borders on factual accuracy. And it does what a typical scare-fair can fail to do; it scares you. The book is very difficult to read, with the haphazard angles of printing (an analogy to the spatial perversions in the story) and several footnotes and appendices. But in many ways, that is what makes it a jaw-dropping page turner. The book has its fair share of unanswered questions - questions which give you a new perspective with each rereading, the reason for its cult status and several online discussion boards regarding the underlying themes. The best way to summarize is perhaps a line from the book itself, told by one of the band musicians to Johnny Truant. 'Take a look. But be careful. It will change your life.'

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Absolutely must buy
*by A***I on 25 September 2024*

I saw some reviews where users didn't got full color edition and I was little disappointed and still I placed the order, and to my surprise I got full color edition and it's totally worth it, am currently on page 50 and one thing I would like to conclude here that this book is different, VERY different, it's definitely unsettling, I mean to the pages where there isn't anything scary, it still gives chills to my spine and my heart always races everytime I grab this book, it's not a regular book, and as mark says, 'this is not for you' Trust me he meant it

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Complex but amazing
*by S***E on 27 October 2017*

This is not just a book but an experience. It is difficult to summarise the novel (if it can be called so) within a review. The book is confusing and interesting at the same time, and often requires multiple readings to be understood properly. But it is worth it.

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