Kind Of like a poem and a song and an anthology and a travel diary and so beautiful and great photos and also itโs an ethnography almost
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Book by Mark Z Danielewski where:
A young LA tattoo artist named Johnny finds an unfinished academic paper (the incomplete lifeโs work of his friendโs murdered neighbor) that analyzes a cult documentary film, in which a family moves into a strange house, one that changes shape and size and hides an endless labyrinth in its walls. Johnny tries to edit and annotate the text, while journaling about his own life, as he starts to lose his mind.
Itโs a story within a story within a story โ about obsession, and hell, and grief and finding yourself lost (and I think a lot more), all written in the form of diary entries, transcripts, essays, poems, letters and footnotes.
It reads like a choose your own adventure book, and is itself a monster and a maze. Pretty dark and really beautiful.
Aug 28, 2024
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Isabel Allende you have done it again! A magnificent short story with beautiful writing, incredible characters, and such a beautiful world.
I also finally read Paradise Rot and let me tell ya that was an eerie little book!!! The visuals of decay were so descriptive and took me right into the apartment. Brilliant, disturbing, and gorgeously written
Mar 6, 2024
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short and incredibly compelling ecological horror, with an unusual form. i ate it up but was filled with dread the whole time
Feb 26, 2024
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I am so scared of skin cancer and also itโs just humiliating like didnt your mother raise you better
May 7, 2024
Scarcity mindset at its most effective. The taste is enhanced by the brevity of summer. Like you can taste the last days of August in a bite.
Aug 23, 2024
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Today I gave my friend just one beer. So fun to watch them drink it and then play out in the sun. Spread joy spread carbs
Apr 10, 2024