{"product_id":"the-familiar-volume-3-isbn-9780375714986","title":"The Familiar, Volume 3","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Familiar Volume 1\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eWherein the cat is found . . . \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 Wherein the cat is hungry . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Familiar \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eVolume 3 \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWherein the cat is blind . . .\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReleased for the summer from the perils of school, Xanther and her nameless cat are settling into a comfortable routine at home. However, the rest of the Ibrahim family is growing more and more unsettled. Astair fears their stretched finances are already at a breaking point. Not even a visit from an old friend can mitigate Anwar’s feeling that he’s failing to support those he loves and that even worse things are to come. The twins, Freya and Shasti, sense something too and blame their older sister. Honeysuckles haunt the air and smell of offerings . . . Meanwhile, Cas and Bobby’s survival may depend on facing the one person they fear most. And on the other side of the world, Jingjing and Tian Li set out to find what was lost: their missing cat. With spectacular visuals and the vibrant wordplay that are his trademark, \u003ci\u003eThe Familiar (Volume 3)\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautiful and singular reading experience that could come only from the imagination of Mark Z. Danielewski.\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 4\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e Wherein the cat is toothless . . . \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. 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