“Prometheus, thief of light, giver of light, bound by the gods, must have been a book.”
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A young family that moves into a small home on Ash Tree Lane where they discover something is terribly wrong: their house is bigger on the inside than it is on the outside. Of course, neither Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist Will Navidson nor his companion Karen Green was prepared to face the consequences of that impossibility--until the day their two little children wandered off and their voices eerily began to return another story: one 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. House of Leaves influenced, and was influenced by, the music of POE, Mark Z. Danielewski's sister. Her album Haunted includes many songs inspired by House of Leaves.
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Mark Z. Danielewski
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“Prometheus, thief of light, giver of light, bound by the gods, must have been a book.”
“Make no mistake, those who write long books have nothing to say. Of course those who write short books have even less to say.”
“Not all complex problems have easy solutions; so says science (so warns science.)”
“In the end Navidson is left with one page and one match. For a long time he waits in darkness and cold, postponing this final bit of illumination. At last though, he grips the match by the n...”
“...and there you have it, another body on the floor surrounded by things that don't mean much to anyone except to the one who can't take any of them along.”