61 - Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves Examined

Books of Some Substance

Twenty years ago, Mark Z. Danielewski unleashed the labyrinthine horror novel House of Leaves, a work of fiction that would make both Daedalus and Derrida proud, a sprawling, convoluted, multi-narrative that pushes the bounds of reading and interpretation. But is there a minotaur of meaning lurking somewhere in the halls of the text? Or is it simply the narrative form of Nietzsche's maxim that "there are no truths, only interpretations"?

Join David, Eric, and Nathan as they wander the ever-shifting halls of interpretation within the House of Leaves.