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If this is your first visit, be sure to check out the faq by clicking the link above. Facebook is showing information to help you better understand the purpose of a page. Most of my books unless i need them for my career or references, with a few exceptions, are now in kindle format because i dont have space for too many real books. Danielewskis house of leaves, the first major experimental novel of the new millennium. Danielewski skillfully manipulates the readers expectations and fears, employing ingeniously skewed typography, and throwing out hints that the house s apparent malevolence may be related to the history of the jamestown colony, or to davidsons pulitzer prizewinning photograph of a dying vietnamese child stalked by a waiting vulture. L i downloaded the epub version, but then went and ordered the paper copy. The core tale is of a house which grows an extra hallway on the inside but remains unchanged on the outside.