The Whalestoe Letters

From House of Leaves

Mark Z. Danielewski, Pelafina Liaevre

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English

Random House
06 April 2001

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945); Thriller & suspense; Adventure; Horror & ghost stories; Ghosts Horror

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.

By: Mark Z. Danielewski, Pelafina Liaevre
Imprint: Random House
Country of Publication: United States
Dimensions: Height: 206mm, Width: 128mm, Spine: 9mm
Weight: 125g
ISBN: 9780375714412
ISBN 10: 0375714413
Pages: 83
Publication Date: 06 April 2001
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Reviews for The Whalestoe Letters: From House of Leaves

From the madhouse, Johnny Truant s mother writes some of the most tender, chilling, faux-psychotic writing I ve ever read. This dangerous, lucid, confused but very eloquent lady . . . is playful, apologetic, crazed, paranoid, self-abasing, cunning a tigress with a gift for gab. Robert Kelly, The New York Times Book Review The Whalestoe Letters are dazzling. Steven Moore, The Washington Post Danielewski has a songwriter s heart. John Freeman, Time Out New York