* House of Leaves by Mark Z. Danielewski is a work of fiction revolving around the discovery of a manuscript critiquing a documentary called The Navidson Record and its effects on both its author and editor.

* House of Leaves, a novel by Mark Z. Danielewski

His use of it has inspired other authors ' works ( e. g. Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose, Mark Z. Danielewski's House of Leaves ).

* Mark Z. Danielewski's novel " House of Leaves " centers around a house containing an infinite number of rooms.

" The album also dovetails with themes and concepts from her brother Mark's postmodern novel House of Leaves ; the CD and the book were released simultaneously.

House of Leaves, the tale of a man who finds a manuscript telling the story of a documentary that may or may not have ever existed, contains multiple layers of plot.

Mark Z. Danielewski, born March 5, 1966 in New York City, New York, is an American author, best known for his debut novel House of Leaves ( 2000 ).

House of Leaves, Danielewski's innovative first novel, has continued to gain a global cult following and won numerous awards, including the New York Public Library's Young Lions Fiction Award.

In 2000, Danielewski toured with his sister across America at Borders Books and Music locations, promoting Poe ’ s album Haunted, which reflects elements of House of Leaves.

* March 2000: House of Leaves

House of Leaves is the debut novel by the American author Mark Z. Danielewski, published by Pantheon Books.

House of Leaves has been described as a " satire of academic criticism.

This first happens when Zampanò writes that the hallway is in the western wall ( House of Leaves 57 ), directly contradicting an earlier page where the hallway is mentioned to be in the northern wall ( House of Leaves 4 ).

The sound of a passing truck causes her to glance away " ( House of Leaves 11 – 12 ).

For example, several times Zampanò cites an actual Time-Life book, Planet Earth: Underground Worlds ( House of Leaves 125 ).

The reader also slowly learns more about Johnny's childhood living with an abusive foster father, engaging in violent fights at school, and of the origin of Johnny's mysterious scars ( House of Leaves, p. 505 ).

He even has hallucinations that parallel those of Zampanò and members of the house search team when he senses "… something inhuman …" behind him ( House of Leaves 26 ).

Later in his life, he moves to the eponymous house ( located in the southeastern Virginia countryside ), in an effort to find " place to drink lemonade and watch the sun set ", a place to " once and for all stay in and explore the quieter side of life " ( House of Leaves, p. 9 ).

This section is referred to in the book as a " sometimes funny, sometimes bizarre history of thoughts passing away in the atrocity of that darkness " ( House of Leaves 252 ).

Throughout the entirety of House of Leaves ( even including the cover and publishing information ), the word " house " is colored blue ( gray for non-color editions of the book and light gray for red editions ), as in < span style =" color :# 6086d1 ;"> house </ span >, and is, in many places in the book, offset from the rest of the text in different directions at different times.

Red and full-color editions of House of Leaves have the word Minotaur and all struck passages colored red.

* 1966 – Vietnam War: The House Un-American Activities Committee begins investigations of Americans who have aided the Viet Cong.

* 1940 – The Norway Debate in the British House of Commons begins, and leads to the replacement of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain with Winston Churchill three days later.

* 1936 – In the House of Commons of Northern Ireland, Tommy Henderson begins speaking on the Appropriation Bill.

* 1938 – In the United States, the House Un-American Activities Committee begins its first session.

* 1979 – The United States House of Representatives begins broadcasting its day-to-day business via the cable television network C-SPAN.

* 1998 – Lewinsky scandal: The United States House of Representatives Judiciary Committee begins impeachment hearings against U. S. President Bill Clinton.

* 1947 – The House Un-American Activities Committee begins its investigation into Communist infiltration of Hollywood, resulting in a blacklist that prevents some from working in the industry for years.

* 2002 – Moscow Theatre Siege begins: Chechen terrorists seize the House of Culture theater in Moscow and take approximately 700 theater-goers hostage.

* Antonio Verrio begins work on the Heaven Room at Burghley House.

* The day begins for many at 7: 30 am ; the Great Bell on Dwelling House rings, calling everyone to breakfast.

The lawmaking process begins with the introduction of a bill in either the House of Representatives or the Senate.

The Easter Saturday procession begins annually at the Traveller's Rest Public House on the A671 road.

Meanwhile, the Great House begins to decline.

The appellation ' Lord ' is used most often by barons who are rarely addressed by their formal and legal title of " Baron ", a notable exception being during a baron's introduction into the House of Lords when he begins his oath by stating " I, Baron X ... of Y ...".

The House of Atreus begins with Tantalus.

An example is " The Mad Trist " in Edgar Allan Poe's The Fall of the House of Usher, where through somewhat mystical means the narrator's reading of the story-within-a-story influences the reality of the story he has been telling, so that what happens in " the Mad Trist " begins happening in " The Fall of the House of Usher ".

When the House begins to attempt to harm the others late in the novel, Reston calls out Holloway's name.

The story begins with the birth of the eponymous Titus, as the heir to the throne of the House of Groan, and finishes just over a year later with his " Earling " or formal investiture as the seventy-seventh Earl of Groan, after the untimely death of his father Sepulchrave.

The House of Lords passes a bill to grant George IV a divorce from Queen Caroline, but due to public pressure the bill is dropped, John Constable begins work on The Hay Wain.

With Elizabeth ’ s permission, Barnabas moves into the Old House and begins its restoration.

The last line of 3 Henry VI is also used in the film ; Edward's " For here I hope begins our lasting joy " appears as a subtitle after the coronation of Edward and is altered to read " And now, they hope, begins their lasting joy ", with " they " referring to the House of York.

As the novel Dune begins, House Harkonnen is headed by the cruel yet cunning Baron Vladimir Harkonnen.