Whalestoe Letters
by Mark Z. Danielewski
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Book Summary Information
Author: Mark Z. DanielewskiEdition: Paperback
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2000-10-10
ISBN: 0375714413
Number of pages: 86
Publisher: Pantheon
Product features:
- ISBN13: 9780375714412
- Condition: NEW
- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Book Reviews of Whalestoe Letters
Book Review: The Whalestoe Letters
Summary: 2 Stars
The Whalestoe Letters by Mark Z. Danielewski is an extension of his premier novel, House of Leaves. Initially appearing as an appendix to the novel, The Whalestoe Letters (which includes ten additional letters) are those written by Johnny Truant's mother Pelafina H. Lievre during her residence at the insane asylum. Like House of Leaves as a whole, The Whalestoe Letters is to fiction and literature what thought experiments are to physics; Danielewski seems to write and publish to push boundaries and test waters for no other reasons than curiosity. While I would argue that the experiment of House of Leaves is very interesting, his subsequent publications are less successful. The (limited) success of The Whalestoe Letters is that it makes me want to go back and read House of Leaves once again.
Summary of Whalestoe Letters
Between 1982 and 1989, Pelafina H. Li?vre sent her son, Johnny Truant, a series of letters from The Three Attic Whalestoe Institute, a psychiatric facility in Ohio where she spent the final years of her life. Beautiful, heartfelt, and tragic, this correspondence reveals the powerful and deeply moving relationship between a brilliant though mentally ill mother and the precocious, gifted young son she never ceases to love.Originally contained within the monumental House of Leaves, this collection stands alone as a stunning portrait of mother and child. It is presented here along with a foreword by Walden D. Wyhrta and eleven previously unavailable letters.
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