Mark Z. Danielewski

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THE MIND-BENDING CULT CLASSIC ABOUT A HOUSE THATS LARGER ON THE INSIDE THAN ON THE OUTSIDE A masterpiece of horror and an astonishingly immersive, maze-like reading experience that redefines the boundaries of a novel. 'Simultaneously reads like a thriller and like a strange, dreamlike excursion into the subconscious." Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times "Thrillingly alive, sublimely creepy, distressingly scary, breathtakingly intelligentit renders most other fiction meaningless." Bret Easton Ellis, bestselling author of American Psycho This demonically brilliant book is impossible to ignore. Jonathan Lethem, award-winning author of Motherless Brooklyn One of The Atlantics Great American Novels of the Past 100 Years Years ago, when House of Leaves was first being passed around, it was nothing more than a badly bundled heap of paper, parts of which would occasionally surface on the Internet. No one could have anticipated the small but devoted following this terrifying story would soon command. Starting with an odd assortment of marginalized youthmusicians, tattoo artists, programmers, strippers, environmentalists, and adrenaline junkiesthe book eventually made its way into the hands of older generations, who not only found themselves in those strangely arranged pages but also discovered a way back into the lives of their estranged children. Now made available in book form, complete with the original colored words, vertical footnotes, and second and third appendices, the story remains unchanged. Similarly, the cultural fascination with House of Leaves remains as fervent and as imaginative as ever. The novel has gone on to inspire doctorate-level courses and masters theses, cultural phenomena like the online urban legend of the backrooms, and incredible works of art in entirely unrealted mediums from music to video games. Neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of the impossibility of their new home, until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another storyof creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams.

Tras el gran éxito de crítica y lectores que supuso la publicación de La casa de hojas en España, presentamos esta edición de una de las obras de culto de la alabada trayectoria del norteamericano Mark Z. Danielewski, La espada de los cincuenta años.Esta novela con apariencia de poema en prosa fue publicada inicialmente en Holanda en 2005, en una edicion limitada de mil ejemplares ahora imposible de encontrar fuera de circulos de coleccionistas, y a finales de 2012 vio la luz en Estados Unidos y en el Reino Unido en 2013 su version ampliada, dotada de una bateria de ilustraciones visualmente cosidas a las paginas que, como no podia ser de otra forma, interactuan con el texto y el tempo de la narracion y complementan, e incluso enfatizan, la panoplia de sensaciones que cabe obtener de su lectura. Podriamos decir que estamos ante una historia mas o menos clasica de terror para adultos, escrita sobre la base estilistica de El corazon de las tinieblas, de Joseph Conrad, con la ruptura narrativa de voces de Las olas de Virginia Woolf, una encomiable economia de medios que sin embargo logra con nota el dificil objetivo de transmitir mas con menos con la marca distintiva del taller Danielewski: la experimentacion formal.La voz narradora de la novela pertenece a una costurera que acaba de divorciarse de su marido a causa de la infidelidad de este con la mujer cuyo cumpleaños se esta celebrando en la fiesta en la que se desarrolla la accion. En ella, un misterioso cuentacuentos supuestamente profesional narra su historia a una audiencia compuesta por cinco niños huerfanos. El narrador tiene delante una caja negra y alargada en la que, es de suponer, se encuentra la espada que da titulo a la novela. Con un estilo mistico y poetico, el hombre relata a los niños su busqueda epica de una espada forjada por un herrero magico para satisfacer una revancha. Los niños asisten aterrados y expectantes a la evolucion de la historia, que se saldara con un oscuro final. Una narracion de terror clasico bellamente ilustrada conducida con mano diestra por uno de los mayores maestros vivos del genero.http://www.alphadecay.org/libro/la-espada-de-los-cincuenta-anos

*Special hardback edition with foil cover*The first-ever UK hardback publication of the cult horror classic, featuring a special embossed maze case design and full-colour text. Get ready to (re)discover the terrifying, thrilling, and mind-expanding immersive classic horror that redefines the boundaries of a novel . . .A young couple - Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson and his partner Karen Green - move into a small house on Ash Tree Lane.It soon becomes clear that something is terribly wrong - their new home is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside . . .Neither Will nor Karen are prepared to face the consequences of this impossibility until the day their two small children wander off, and their voices eerily begin to tell another story - of creature darkness, of an ever-growing abyss behind a closet door, and of that unholy growl which soon enough would tear through their walls and consume all their dreams and create nightmares.What happened next is loosely recorded on videotapes and in interviews, and impelled an eccentric old man to compile - on loose sheets of paper, stained napkins, crammed notebooks - a definitive account of what took place at Ash Tree Lane that seems to unveil a thrilling and terrifying history.Because these scraps prove to be far more than the deranged ramblings of a reclusive old man . . .Immensely imaginative. Impossible to put down. Impossible to forget. House of Leaves is thrilling, terrifying and unlike anything you have read before.

Released for the summer from the perils of school, Xanther and her nameless cat are settling into a comfortable routine at home.However, the rest of the Ibrahim family is growing more and more unsettled. Astair fears their stretched finances are already at a breaking point. Not even a visit from an old friend can mitigate Anwars feeling that hes failing to support those he loves and that even worse things are to come. The twins, Freya and Shasti, sense something too and blame their older sister. Honeysuckles haunt the air and smell of offerings...Meanwhile, Cas and Bobbys survival may depend on facing the one person they fear most. And on the other side of the world, Jingjing and Tian Li set out to find what was lost: their missing cat.With spectacular visuals and the vibrant wordplay that are his trademark, The Familiar (Volume 3) is a beautiful and singular reading experience that could come only from the imagination of Mark Z. Danielewski.

The Familiar, Volume 1 Wherein the cat is found...The Familiar, Volume 2 Wherein the cat is hungry...From the universally acclaimed, genre-busting author of House of Leaves comes the second volume of The Familiar, a novel [which] goes beyond the experimental into the visionary, creating a language and style that expands the horizon of meaning . . . hint[ing] at an evolved form of literature.*In The Familiar, Volume 2: Into the Forest, the lives of the disparate and dynamic nine characters introduced in One Rainy Day in May begin to intersect in inexplicable ways, finding harmonies and echoes in each other. What once seemed remote and disconnected draws closerslowly, steadilytoward something inevitable... At the center of it all is Xanther, a twelve-year-old girl, for whom the world around her seems to be opening, exposing doors and windows, visions and sounds, questions and ideas previously unknown. With each passing day, she begins to glimpse something she does not understand but unequivocally cravesthe only thing that will bring her relief and keep her new friend alive.

Mark Z. Danielewski's The Familiar, Volume 4 brilliantly combines inventive visuals and a paradigm-shifting narrative to create a stunning multisensory reading experience. When a viral video puts twelve-year-old Xanther under a spotlight of scrutiny at school, her little white cat—still slumbering, still unnamed—offers the only escape, though it comes at a price. Not even Xanther’ parents can deny the strange currents now shuddering around their eldest, touching off inexplicable happenings. Entities troubling the dreams of the twins seem to have singled out Freya. Despite invitations to a gala at The Met, Anwar fears the solution to their financial difficulties might expose more than just his family to dangerous consequences. Something greater is at hand, something terrible is at stake. And all the while, faces unfamiliar to the Ibrahims draw closer and closer: Jingjing, in Singapore, clutching charms, boards a plane for Los Angeles; Cas and Bobby, with visions of Xanther in Mefisto’s Orb, must elude attacks from the sky. Strangers collide . . . though will those intersections lead to alliances or war? And does the dance at the center of Volume 4 augur the liberation of our better angels or the release of a creature set to feast on the wings of hope?

From Mark Z Danielewski, author of the cult best-seller "House of Leaves", comes the astonishing "Only Revolutions", a shoot-from-the-hip American road novel about Sam and Hailey - two wayward and wild kids who magically career across the American mainland and from the Civil Rights Movement to the Iraq War and beyond. Powered by an ever-evolving fleet of cars, these two teenagers never age and never stop. They crash parties in New Orleans, barrel up the Mississippi, and blast through the Badlands, cutting a nation in half as they try to outrace History itself. And where this journey takes them is what sets the pages, even the actual book, turning. Alternating between Hailey and Sam, this kaleidoscopic novel spins the strangest, most gripping and lyrical love story published in more than a generation.

In this story set in East Texas, a local seamstress named Chintana finds herself responsible for five orphans who are not only captivated by a storytellers tale of vengeance but by the long black box he sets before them. As midnight approaches, the box is opened, a fateful dare is made, and the children as well as Chintana come face to face with the consequences of a malice retold and now foretold.

NATIONAL BEST SELLER From the author of the international best seller "House of Leaves" and National Book Award nominated "Only Revolutions" comes a monumental new novel as dazzling as it is riveting. "The Familiar (Volume 1) "ranges from Mexico to Southeast Asia, from Venice, Italy, to Venice, California, with nine lives hanging in the balance, each called upon to make a terrifying choice. They include a therapist-in-training grappling with daughters as demanding as her patients; an ambitious East L.A. gang member contracted for violence; two scientists in Marfa, Texas, on the run from an organization powerful beyond imagining; plus a recovering addict in Singapore summoned at midnight by a desperate billionaire; and a programmer near Silicon Beach whose game engine might unleash consequences far exceeding the entertainment he intends. At the very heart, though, is a twelve-year-old girl named Xanther who one rainy day in May sets out with her father to get a dog, only to end up trying to save a creature as fragile as it is dangerous . . . which will change not only her life and the lives of those she has yet to encounter, but this world, too or at least the world we think we know and the future we take for granted. (With full-color illustrations throughout.)"

Casa de hojas fue el magistral debut de Mark Z. Danielewski, un monumento entre el terror, la erudición académica y el juego posmoderno en el que encontramos múltiples referencias a Stephen King, Umberto Eco, el simbolismo de Moby Dick y la audacia formal de James Joyce. Un clasico indiscutible de la novela del siglo XXI.Will Navidson, un famoso fotoperiodista premiado con el Pulitzer, se traslada con su familia a una casa del entorno rural de Virginia en un intento de salvar su matrimonio, seriamente perjudicado por sus continuos viajes y su adiccion al trabajo. Pronto, Will descubre que la casa presenta una anomalia singular: su espacio interior es ligeramente mas grande que el que deberia ocupar segun sus dimensiones exteriores. Asi comienza El expediente Navidson, un fascinante documento que narra los sucesos acaecidos en la casa de Ash Tree Lane, la Casa de hojas.Navidson tratara de averiguar que secreto esconde la casa, mientras procura poner a salvo a su familia con el apoyo de su hermano gemelo Tom, y recurriendo a todos los medios a su alcance, incluida una temeraria expedicion espeleologica.Mientras Will se enfrenta a los peligros de esa casa encantada, Johnny Truant, un joven tatuador de con problemas con las drogas, malvive en un sucio apartamento de Los Angeles. Las historias de Truant y Navidso...

Will Navidson, un famoso fotoperiodista premiado con el Pulitzer, se traslada con su familia a una casa en el entorno rural de Virginia en un intento de salvar su matrimonio, seriamente perjudicado por sus viajes continuos y su adiccion al trabajo. Ademas de Navidson, la familia esta compuesta por la hermosa ex-modelo Karen Green y los dos hijos pequeños de ambos. Muy pronto, Will descubre que la casa presenta una anomalia arquitectonica singular: su espacio interior es ligeramente mas grande que el que deberia ocupar segun sus dimensiones exteriores. Will tratara de averiguar que secreto esconde "La casa de hojas", al mismo tiempo que procurara poner a salvo a su familia. Un viaje para el que recabara la ayuda de todos los medios a su alcance, incluida la de su hermano gemelo Tom.

The Season One finale of this riveting multisensory masterpiece from the visionary author of House of Leaves.The Familiar Volume 1 Wherein the cat is found . . . The Familiar Volume 2 Wherein the cat is hungry . . . The Familiar Volume 3 Wherein the cat is blind . . .The Familiar Volume 4 Wherein the cat is toothless . . . The Familiar Volume 5 Wherein the cat is named . . . The astonishing series about a young girl who befriends a cat hunting humanity continues with Volume 5, and the Season One finale, in which the consequences of how we encounter one another come into poignant and terrifying reliefespecially on one September night, when an unexpected phone call demanding the return of the little white cat challenges everything the Ibrahims hold dear. They are not alone. Jingjing must contend with a rival he could never have anticipated, while Xanther must relinquish all she thought she knew as a far greater responsibility is set before her. Light wavers and pomegranates reveal their price as the effects of a great transition start to reverberate around everyone, Shnorhks efforts to resume playing music cannot escape historys ghosts. Cas, in upstate New York, comes face-to-face with her lifelong nemesis in a candlelit rendezvous that presages the international crisis soon to come. As more lines tangle, Ozgurand Luther brawl with a future that may have chosen them long ago, and Isandorno crosses a line that will force him over the border into a country he has until now steadfastly refused. All the while, a terrible power roaming the world continues to grow...

Will Navidson, un famoso fotoperiodista premiado con el Pulitzer, se traslada con su familia a una casa en el entorno rural de Virginia en un intento de salvar su matrimonio, seriamente perjudicado por sus viajes continuos y su adiccion al trabajo. Ademas de Navidson, la familia esta compuesta por la hermosa ex-modelo Karen Green y los dos hijos pequeños de ambos. Muy pronto, Will descubre que la casa presenta una anomalia arquitectonica singular: su espacio interior es ligeramente mas grande que el que deberia ocupar segun sus dimensiones exteriores. Este es el arranque de El expediente Navidson, un fascinante documento que narra los sucesos acaecidos en la casa de Ash Tree Lane, es decir La casa de hojas.Will Navidson tratara de averiguar que secreto esconde La casa de hojas, al mismo tiempo que procurara poner a salvo a su familia. Un viaje para el que recabara la ayuda de todos los medios a su alcance, incluida la de su hermano gemelo Tom, un profesor universitario y hasta toda una expedicion de espeleologos.Mientras Will y sus seres queridos se enfrentan a los peligros de esa casa encantada, un joven tatuador de Los Angeles, el carismatico y tierno Johnny Truant, malvive y quema las noches a una velocidad vertiginosa de la mano de su inseparable escudero, Lude. Las historias de Truant y Navidson se entrelazaran gracias a un hallazgo que cambiara la vida de todos los personajes inolvidables que atraviesan esta monumental novela.

Sam:They were with us before Romeo & Juliet. And long after too. Because theyre forever around. Or so both claim, carolling gleefully:Were allways sixteen.Sam & Hailey, powered by an ever-rotating fleet of cars, from Model T to Lincoln Continental, career from the Civil War to the Cold War, barrelling down through the Appalachians, up the Mississippi River, across the Badlands, finally cutting a nation in half as they try to outrace History itself.By turns beguiling and gripping, finally worldwrecking, Only Revolutions is unlike anything ever published before, a remarkable feat of heart and intellect, moving us with the journey of two kids, perpetually of summer, perpetually sixteen, who give up everything except each other.

Between 1982 and 1989, Pelafina H. Lievre sent her son, Johnny Truant, a series of letters from The Three Attic Whalestoe Institute, a psychiatric facility in Ohio where she spent the final years of her life. Beautiful, heartfelt, and tragic, this correspondence reveals the powerful and deeply moving relationship between a brilliant though mentally ill mother and the precocious, gifted young son she never ceases to love. Originally contained within the monumental House of Leaves, this collection stands alone as a stunning portrait of mother and child. It is presented here along with a foreword by Walden D. Wyhrta and eleven previously unavailable letters.