LickTheStar
Sad Flower in the Sand
Anyone read this? I'm in the middle of my second (more successful) attempt at finishing this behemoth of a novel and... it seems to really hump the line between brilliant and pretentious.
If you haven't read it... the basic story is that the character Johnny Truant finds a book written by a blind old man. The book concerns a non-existent documentary about a house shot by the homeowner named Navidson. Supernatural things start happening in the house (the first being that the inside of the house measures larger than the outside of the house)
The main story is told in the "book" found by Truant who then tells his own story through footnotes (set in a different font).
I like the main story, but there are digressions that sometimes go on for 10-20 pages so that by the time I finish reading a footnote within a footnote within a footnote, I have to flip back and try to remember where the actual story was going.
Still, the dual storylines between the book itself and the person who finds said book... I'm compelled. I tried reading it about 3 years ago but was actually too freaked out by a couple of scenes to finish the book.
Typography is also interesting, especially as the book goes on. Eventually there is one sentence to a page, some instances where there is only a word or two... Seems very schizophrenic at times...
Anyone else here familiar with the book?
If you haven't read it... the basic story is that the character Johnny Truant finds a book written by a blind old man. The book concerns a non-existent documentary about a house shot by the homeowner named Navidson. Supernatural things start happening in the house (the first being that the inside of the house measures larger than the outside of the house)
The main story is told in the "book" found by Truant who then tells his own story through footnotes (set in a different font).
I like the main story, but there are digressions that sometimes go on for 10-20 pages so that by the time I finish reading a footnote within a footnote within a footnote, I have to flip back and try to remember where the actual story was going.
Still, the dual storylines between the book itself and the person who finds said book... I'm compelled. I tried reading it about 3 years ago but was actually too freaked out by a couple of scenes to finish the book.
Typography is also interesting, especially as the book goes on. Eventually there is one sentence to a page, some instances where there is only a word or two... Seems very schizophrenic at times...
Anyone else here familiar with the book?