THE FAMILIAR: Volume 1
One Rainy Day in May
By Mark Z. Danielewski
From the author of the international best seller House of Leaves and National Book Award-nominated Only Revolutions, a monumental new novel as dazzling
as it is riveting. THE FAMILIAR: VOLUME 1: One Rainy Day in May (Pantheon Books / May 12, 2015 / $25) ranges from
Mexico to Southeast Asia, from Venice, Italy, to Venice, California,
with nine lives hanging in the balance, each called upon to
make a terrifying choice. They
include a therapist-in-training grappling with her daughters; an
ambitious East L.A. gang member contracted for violence; two scientists
in Marfa, Texas, on the run from an organization powerful
beyond imagining; a recovering addict
in Singapore summoned at midnight by a desperate billionaire; and a
programmer near Silicon Beach whose game engine might unleash
consequences far exceeding the entertainment he intends.
At the very heart of THE FAMILIAR
is a 12-year-old girl named Xanther who one rainy day in May sets out
with her father to get a dog, only to end up trying to
save a creature as fragile as it is dangerous, which will change not
only her life and the lives of those she has yet to encounter, but this
world, too—or at least the world we think we know and the future we take
for granted.
THE FAMILIAR: Volume 1: One Rainy Day in May
By Mark Z. Danielewski
Pantheon Books
May 12, 2015
Paperback original / $25.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-71494-8
By Mark Z. Danielewski
Pantheon Books
May 12, 2015
Paperback original / $25.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-71494-8
Mark Z. Danielewski was born in New York City and now lives in Los Angeles. He is the author of House of Leaves, Only Revolutions, and The Fifty-Year
Sword.
Events for THE FAMILIAR: VOLUME 1:
Sunday, May 17—Boston
6:00 pm
Brookline Booksmith event. 279 Harvard St, Brookline, MA 02446
Monday, May 18—Athens, GA
7:00 pm
Avid Bookstore event at Stan Mullins Art Studio, 650 Pulaski Street, Athens, GA 30601
Tuesday, May 19—Tulsa, OK
7:00 pm
Book Smart Tulsa event at The Shrine, 112 East 18th Street, Tulsa, OK 74119
Wednesday, May 20—Ft. Collins, CO
8:00 pm
Old Firehouse Books event at the
Northside Aztlan Community Center, Eagle Room, 112 Willow St
Fort Collins, CO 80524
$5 tickets which will serve as a coupon for $5 off the book
Thursday, May 21—Portland
7:30 pm
Powell’s Books event. 1005 W. Burnside, Portland, OR 97209
Friday, May 22—Chicago
7:00 pm
The Book Cellar event. 4736-38 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, IL 60625
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