House of Leaves

Brief Overview

«House of Leaves» by Mark Z. Danielewski is a complex and multilayered novel that tells the story of a house that is larger on the inside than it is on the outside. The book begins with a young man named Johnny Truant discovering a manuscript written by an old blind man named Zampanò. The manuscript describes a documentary by Will Navidson, who moves into a new house with his family and discovers new rooms and corridors inside that shouldn't exist. As Johnny reads the manuscript, he begins to lose touch with reality, and his life becomes increasingly chaotic and frightening. The novel explores themes of perception, reality, and madness, using a complex text structure that includes footnotes, inserts, and various fonts.