DID MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI JUST REINVENT THE NOVEL?

[John Bailey]

Spotted a definite Pynchon reference in this gigantic novel (I would
also gesture to Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Bolano's 2666 and
the film Magnolia)

On page 257, where I'm at, some 12-year-olds are speculating about The
Bookstore Girl who died during an epileptic seizure in a, uh, book
store. They begin to wonder what book she was reading at the time, and
whether it could have caused such a fatal response:

"Astair's "No question: no" didn't stop speculation about the risks
inherent when turning to romances, grimoires, hacker manifestos,
something about a defiant lightbulb, the Bible, the Qur'an, books
devoted to computers and game programming, Watchmen, American Psycho,
Emily Dickinson (of all things!), even the I Ching made the list
(Anwar (much to his dismay) was quoted incessantly: "Dad always says
reading is risky business.")"

On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 7:57 AM, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
> 'Hysterical typography' is the huge new winner. Thanks.
>
> Sent from my iPad
>
>> On May 25, 2015, at 3:37 AM, John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> My copy of this arrived today (bought after it was mentioned on the
>> P-list) and my first thought was: wtf?!?!
>>
>> If Hysterical Typography isn't yet a genre, it is now. The title page
>> appears almost 50 pages in and pages are often concrete poetry,
>> graphic novel, photoillustration, ad design, unreadable layers of
>> print, blank except for one sentence, etc. And it's Mason &
>> Dixon-sized. No idea if it's any good but it's a nutso feat of
>> publishing.
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 6:19 PM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> http://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/213605/the-familiar-volume-1-by-mark-z-danielewski
>>>
>>>> On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 3:16 AM, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> THE AUTHOR OF 'THE FAMILIAR', ON HIS 21,000-PAGE BOOK
>>>>
>>>> http://lithub.com/did-mark-z-danielewski-just-reinvent-the-novel/
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