MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI lives in Los Angeles.
PRAISE FOR THE FAMILIAR, VOLUME 2:
“Now we have Volume 2 (Chapter 2, really) and it is somehow,
remarkably, amazingly, almost impossibly better. . . . I have
never worried so much for a character as I did for [Xanther] in the
final pages and, honest to God, I'm not even entirely sure what
happened. Or to whom. Or how. But maybe Volume 3 will make it
clear. Only six more months to wait. That ought to be just about
enough time to recover, I figure, before The
Familiar crawls into my lap and blows my mind all over
again.” —Jason Sheehan, NPR Books
“The series at times recalls Ulysses, Infinite Jest,
and Cloud Atlas in its complexity, structure, and echoing
parallel narratives . . . The literary world is stronger for having
boundary pushers like Danielewski.” —Ryan Vlastelica, The A.V.
Club
“Volume 2 reads like a graphic novel with very few pictures, though
the images are critical. The wide array of plotlines create
disparate parts that are slowly converging, encoded as a codex, the
decoding of which—what we loosely call reading—renders an
open-ended experience. Highly recommended for the intrepid reader.”
—Library Journal (starred review)
“Readers with an interest in the latest in literary experimentalism
will thrill at Danielewski’s approach.” —Kirkus Reviews
PRAISE FOR MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI:
“One of the most gifted and versatile writers of our time.” —Steven
Moore, The Washington Post
“His use of evocative typography—words that visually reinforce
their meaning on the page—leaves readers dazzled.” —Kim
O’Connor, Slate
“You hold on for dear life by your fingertips, but the exertion is
worth it when you finally get to the top and see the panorama of
Danielewski’s literary universe.” —Dylan Foley, Chicago
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