Category Archives: Books

Fictionality questioned and insanity in overdrive mode: Book review of “House of Leaves” (Mark Z. Danielewski)

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

House of Leaves (USA 2000, author: Mark Z. Danielewski, publisher: Random House) A new reading beginning Starting (hopefully) a series of book reviews, Mark Z. Danielewski’s almost 800-pages long monster of a book House of Leaves, published in 2000, is … Continue reading →

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Child’s Play – Some movie/book comparisons/reviews: “Where The Wild Things Are”, “Bridge To Terabithia” and “The Spiderwick Chronicles”

Posted on October 20, 2010 by

Where The Wild Things Are (USA/Germany 2009, director: Spike Jonze) Movie adaptations of books are always difficult, as those are two different media. But what if the source material is only 48 pages long and a picture book? I had … Continue reading →

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