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“Thrilling and magnetic. . . . . The Familiar: Volume One is a boldly original, gorgeous, and suspenseful work of literature. . . . Thoroughly encoded with the language of our design-conscious, cinema-saturated, tech-centric era. We’re fluent in it because we’re living now.” —Laura Collins-Hughes, The Boston Globe  “A new novel by Danielewski requires a new way of reading. . . . Reading [The Familiar] . . .  as one approaches the pilot to a new TV series, Volume 1 becomes a revelation, a thrilling, compulsive reading experience. . . . A tour de force, less a novel than it is an experience. . . . The next volume—episode—can’t come soon enough.” —Robert J. Wiersema, The Globe and Mail (Toronto)  “Danielewski has somehow created a format, an experience, that mimics the best of the digital future we’ve been told to expect, while exploiting the best of print, that which we’ve been told to mourn. . . . The reader is called upon to commit, to actively participate and engage in the unconventional structure and its relationship to the sprawling, eight-plot narrative, but also to enjoy: as serious as this all may seem, Volume 1 has a playfulness, a mischievousness, not unlike a cat." —Allison K. Hill, Los Angeles Daily News  “As our society gets more technology-weary, it’s nice to see books like The Familiar: Volume 1: One Rainy Day in May break the mold and tell a story in a new and innovate way exclusive to physical pages between two covers.” —Andrew Munz, Planet Jackson Hole (Wyoming)“[Danielewski is] America’s foremost literary Magus. . . . He transmutes the pages of base books into rare new forms and formats. . . . [The Familiar: Volume 1] is a ‘remediation’ of television series like Twin Peaks and Breaking Bad . . . [and also] resembles Altman-inflected movies . . . or the time and place-skipping novels of David Mitchell. . . . I’m definitely in for Volume 2.” —Tom LeClair, The New York Times Book Review“Excellent. . . . It reminds you of the novel’s unknowable potential. Danielewski does this better than anybody. It’s like he crinkles up a page with words and then straightens it out and pastes it into the book, so that only the most important words remain legible, while teasing you to try to figure out the blurry, scarred sentences hiding in the margins. . . . I love Xanther, love her, and I can’t stand the thought of something bad happening to her, and, yes, I’ll keep reading this series as long as her story continues.” —S. Tremaine Nelson, Green Mountains Review“A herculean achievement. . . . The wild visuals render beautifully on an e-reader, but suggest that the medium of physical books is not entirely replaceable. This book may even have a chance to become this age's equivalent to Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time. Danielewski's certainly not aiming any lower.” —Zach Borenstein, Everyday eBook“[Danielewski is] the most aggressively avant-garde popular writer working today. . . . The Familiar: Volume 1 is as much a narrative story as it is an experiment in visual and typographical forms. . . . It all adds up to something between a graphic novel and a novel-novel.” —Cady Drell, Newsweek    “I found it helpful to think of The Familiar as less of a ‘book’ in the traditional sense of the word, and more as a piece of experimental visual art. . . . If you’re a House of Leaves fan like me, then this is a book you cannot miss—because there’s simply nothing else like it.” —Jefferson Grubbs, Bustle.com  “The Familiar [is] Danielewski’s most ambitious narrative undertaking yet, which is saying a lot. . . . More than any other contemporary writer, Danielewski has blown the door wide open on novelistic experimentation. . . . [He] has shown, emphatically, just how much formal experimentation can truly enhance a narrative experience. . . . His books are freewheeling adventures into intricate depths and wide expanses, and they’ve helped usher in a new era of the novel.” —Jonathan Russell Clark, LitHub.com“The Familiar is performance art as well as book. . . . The Familiar will be a delight to fans of House of Leaves . . . This, like all of Danielewski’s work, is a verbal structure made for puzzle solvers.” —Lydia Millet, Los Angeles Times   “Incontestably the shortest 880-page novel you’ll ever read. . . . It flies by with the breakneck surrealism of lived experience.” —Los Angeles Magazine   “The House of Leaves author is back with yet another text-art riddled story. The story begins ‘one rainy day in May,’ when a 12-year-old named Xanther is hesitantly studying up on math while riding in the car with her dad. . . . Xanther's story is the nexus for a score of others, and the author's fragmented means of storytelling proves as fresh and compelling as ever.” —The Huffington Post, “18 Brilliant Books You Won’t Want to Miss This Summer”“Most everything about this vast, elusive, sometimes even illusory narrative shouts tour de force.” —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)“This novel goes beyond the experimental into the visionary, creating a language and style that expands the horizon of meaning . . . [and] hints at an evolved form of literature.” —Library Journal (starred review)

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About the Author

MARK Z. DANIELEWSKI was born in New York City and now lives in Los Angeles.

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Product details

Series: The Familiar (Book 1)

Paperback: 880 pages

Publisher: Pantheon; 1st edition (May 12, 2015)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0375714944

ISBN-13: 978-0375714948

Product Dimensions:

6 x 9 inches

Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

3.9 out of 5 stars

121 customer reviews

Amazon Best Sellers Rank:

#87,277 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

First things first - this is obviously not meant to be read on the Kindle. If you do even the tiniest amount of research about what you are going to read, you would know that. However, the 1 star reviews seem to imply that some people randomly buy books knowing absolutely nothing about anything, so it needs to be said. No Kindle.Also, know up front that there are going to be 26 more volumes. So essentially this is a first chapter. There is not going to be much of a clear plot, sometimes it's difficult to know who/what is even talking or what he/she/zhe/it is talking about, and there is certainly nothing in terms of a larger picture painted in this opening salvo.NPR had an article about The Familiar asking if this book will "kill the novel". The article says not quite, but almost. I think this book is worth reading simply because that question is legit - this book (at least to this reader) changes the entire reading experience. The writing is difficult but (for the most part) penetrable if you have patience, and like with all great authors there are times where you just have to accept that you aren't going to know what's going on. Even though it is 800+ pages, it reads much faster thanks to the artistic layout.I read 120 or so books every year - this is by far the most interesting that I've read in the 2000's , at least from a conceptual standpoint. It is more "Only Revolutions" than "House of Leaves" for those familiar with Danielewski's previous works, but is definitely worth the time and effort for the dedicated reader (i.e. don't get it as a Father's Day gift for a guy who reads a Stephen King book once a year - not that there's anything wrong with that!).The

I just finished Volume 1 and so far I'm thrilled. The book is long but a quick read once you start to get the specific stream of conscious style of each of the 9 characters. In that way, it felt like starting a Clockwork Orange 9 times. The visual elements are breathtaking and the small discoveries like the fractal patterns and the recurring pink thread are great touches that are more than just a gimmick. For all the flourishes this is one of Danielewski's less dense, more accessible books (After House of Leaves). I really liked that he carefully crafted characters you can deeply sympathize with and a sense of storytelling where you can just get a hint of where he's going (This is the first of 27 volumes after all). For Danielewski fans, you'll see a lot of allusion to his other works hidden (sometimes subtly, other times not so much) throughout the prose. Ultimately, I gave this 4 stars instead of 5 because of what the author himself said in an interview. He mentioned that he wants this series to be discussed with anticipation over a long run like a TV serial. In that spirit, I have to say I'm not completely sold yet but I'm very excited to see what he can do with such a long format. I'm in for at least a few more books, Volume 2 is already on it's way!

Please understand you will have questions once done reading. You will not understand everything at once, that is not how these volumes are suppose to be. He's only released 5, so this is a commitment, and you will be left wondering and impatiently waiting eagerly for the next volume to be released. It's hard to first understand, seems overwhelming, but there is light at the end of the tunnel. There are a ton of pages, but many of them are visuals and more artistically done for the readers enjoyment and possible confusion. If you are new to The Familiar Volumes, I highly suggest you buy both Vol1 and Vol2 together. It will help you, I promise. Like Danielewski's House Of Leaves, this is an experience. Not a book because you're bored, or think it will be an easy read. So don't start this if you like those kind of books.

If this book is the only chance you give to the Familiar series, you’ve done yourself a great disservice. There is a slow build because you’re getting to know 9 different characters. You may think, “What does a little girl in California have to do with an ex drug addict in Singapore?” You should be wondering that because that means you’ve figured out that these aren’t 9 separate stories. They’re all part of a larger narrative which includes the previews as well. To say The Familiar is about a girl with a cat is certainly true, but it’s also about so much more than that. Each volume weaves more threads into the web of wonder Danielewski has created. This volume in particular demonstrates his astounding ability to think on such a large scale while also paying attention to the finer details as well as creating a stunning visual element to every page. Some of them are nothing short of works of art. This series is well worth the monetary investment as well as the time you will dedicate to reading it. I am optimistic about the entire story being told, and I think that once it is finished, it may just surpass House of Leaves as his best work.

This book will bring you into a whole different world, not unlike our own, and ask you questions you've never thought of before. You can get as lost as you want, or take it for the beautifully crafted work of art it is. Not for those light reading days, but definitely for those who are looking for a whole new way to look at reading. It pushes what a book could be in way that asks the reader to reflect on who they could be. There's also a great reading group, which I think this book requires, to really get at the depth of possibilities of what this book becomes as it is read.

MZD's books are simulatenously a treat and a workout regime for the brain - prepare to feel the burn where you've never felt it before :) I recommend this book (and any of his books really) to readers who like to be challenged, who don't mind poring over a single page for ten minutes, who enjoy complex narratives and ingenious book design/typography - you will be immensely rewarded. (If you enjoy the mindf*ck that is the new Twin Peaks for instance, love deciphering the meaning of each new episode and coming up with your own theories, pick this up and give it a go.)

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