The Whalestoe Letters

The Whalestoe Letters

Infobox Book
name = The Whalestoe Letters
title_orig =
translator =


image_caption = Cover to the first edition
author = Mark Z. Danielewski
cover_artist =
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Epistolary Novella
publisher = Pantheon Books
release_date = 10 October 2000
media_type = Print (Paperback)
pages = 86 p. (paperback edition)
isbn = ISBN 0-375-71441-3 (paperback edition)
preceded_by = House of Leaves
followed_by = The Fifty Year Sword

"The Whalestoe Letters" (2000) by cult author Mark Z. Danielewski is an epistolary novella which more fully develops the literary correspondence between Pelafina H. Lièvre and her son Johnny from 1982-1989, characters first introduced in Danielewski's prior work, "House of Leaves".

Plot introduction

Pelafina writes these letters to Johnny from "The Three Attic Whalestoe Institute", a mental institution where she has been residing for a number of years. While a number of these letters appear in "House of Leaves", "The Whalestoe Letters" introduces a number of new letters which serve to more fully develop Pelafina's character as well as her relationship to Johnny.

External links

* [http://www.randomhouse.com/pantheon/catalog/display.pperl?isbn=9780375714412 Pantheon Books catalog page]
* [http://www.powells.com/biblio/17-0375714413-0 Powells Books review]


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