The Whalestoe Letters From House of Leaves
, by DANIELEWSKI, MARK Z.Note: Supplemental materials are not guaranteed with Rental or Used book purchases.
- ISBN: 9780375714412 | 0375714413
- Cover: Paperback
- Copyright: 10/10/2000
Between 1982 and 1989, Pelafina H. Lievre sent her son, Johnny Truant, a series of letters from The Three Attic Whalestoe Institute, a psychiatric facility in Ohio where she spent the final years of her life. Beautiful, heartfelt, and tragic, this correspondence reveals the powerful and deeply moving relationship between a brilliant though mentally ill mother and the precocious, gifted young son she never ceases to love. Originally contained within the monumental House of Leaves, this collection stands alone as a stunning portrait of mother and child. It is presented here along with a foreword by Walden D. Wyhrta and eleven previously unavailable letters.