{"product_id":"the-familiar-volume-4-isbn-9780375715006","title":"The Familiar, Volume 4","description":"\u003cb\u003eMark Z. Danielewski's \u003ci\u003eThe Familiar, Volume 4\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly combines inventive visuals and a paradigm-shifting narrative to create a stunning multisensory reading experience.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Familiar Volume 1\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWherein the cat is found . . . \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Familiar \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolume\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e2\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWherein the cat is hungry . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Familiar \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolume 3 \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWherein the cat is blind . . . \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Familiar \u003c\/i\u003eVolume 4\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Wherein the cat is toothless . . . \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen a viral video puts twelve-year-old Xanther under a spotlight of scrutiny at school, her little white cat—still slumbering, still unnamed—offers the only escape, though it comes at a price. Not even Xanther’s parents can deny the strange currents now shuddering around their eldest, touching off inexplicable happenings. Entities troubling the dreams of the twins seem to have singled out Freya. Despite invitations to a gala at The Met, Anwar fears the solution to their financial difficulties might expose more than just his family to dangerous consequences. Something greater is at hand, something terrible is at stake. And all the while, faces unfamiliar to the Ibrahims draw closer and closer: Jingjing, in Singapore, clutching charms, boards a plane for Los Angeles; Cas and Bobby, with visions of Xanther in Mefisto’s Orb, must elude attacks from the sky. Strangers collide . . . though will those intersections lead to alliances or war? And does the dance at the center of \u003ci\u003eVolume 4\u003c\/i\u003e augur the liberation of our better angels or the release of a creature set to feast on the wings of hope?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE FAMILIAR \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e continues\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Familiar \u003c\/i\u003eVolume 5 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWherein the cat is named . . .Praise for Mark Z. Danielewski’s \u003ci\u003eThe Familiar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“The series at times recalls \u003ci\u003eUlysses\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eInfinite Jest\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eCloud Atlas \u003c\/i\u003ein its complexity, structure, and echoing parallel narratives. . . . The literary world is stronger for having boundary pushers like Danielewski.” —Ryan Vlastelica, \u003ci\u003eThe A.V. Club\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“So perfectly relatable, so beautifully rendered. . . . So, so worth it in the way that reading [\u003ci\u003eThe Familiar\u003c\/i\u003e] rewires your brain.” —Jason Sheehan, \u003ci\u003eNPR Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Graphic design works in tandem with storytelling in this fascinating, ongoing, humongous experiment with form and the experience of reading.” —John Freeman, \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“[\u003ci\u003eThe Familiar\u003c\/i\u003e] is a ‘remediation’ of television series like \u003ci\u003eTwin Peaks\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eBreaking Bad\u003c\/i\u003e . . . resembles Altman-inflected movies . . . or the time and place-skipping novels of David Mitchell. . . . I’m definitely in.” —Tom LeClair, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“Danielewski has somehow created a format, an experience, that mimics the best of the digital future we’ve been told to expect, while exploiting the best of print, that which we’ve been told to mourn. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Familiar \u003c\/i\u003eis a tour de force.” —Allison K. Hill, \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Daily News\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“[Danielewski is] the most aggressively avant-garde popular writer working today. . . . \u003ci\u003eThe Familiar \u003c\/i\u003eis as much a narrative story as it is an experiment in visual and typographical forms. . . . It all adds up to something between a graphic novel and a novel-novel.” —Cady Drell, \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“The author is innovating wildly not only with text but also with narrative flow, structure, and multiplicity of meaning. Loose, imagistic words are followed by tightly layered prose and pictures; this varied density creates a deeply nuanced reading experience that works. A must-read.” —\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e (starred review)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“A marvel of postmodern storytelling.” —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e“This is a book you cannot miss—because there’s simply nothing else like it.” —Jefferson Grubbs, \u003ci\u003eBustle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eMARK Z. DANIELEWSKI\u003c\/b\u003e was born in New York City and now lives in Los Angeles.","brand":"Pantheon","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300129853669,"sku":"NP9780375715006","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780375715006.jpg?v=1767739282","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-familiar-volume-4-isbn-9780375715006","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}