... . In his text, Zampano touches on subjects as varied as Heidegger and Greek mythology. He also meticulously documents all his sources with footnotes. Although Zampano includes many pop culture references ""Rosie O'Donell, however, offered a different perspective when she wryly remarked on Entertainment Tonight ... the novel when Navidson's wife interviews Camille Paglia about! the events in their house on Ash Tree Lane. Even more disturbing, the footnotes are oftentimes fake, such as Dr. Isaiah Rosen's article "Flawed Performances: A Consideration of the Actors in the Navidson Opus."" Ev...

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... notes are found by a man named Johnny Truant who makes it his goal to organize the material left behind by Zampano. Finally, the fourth level of narration consists of mainly footnotes and appendices left by editors who remain unnamed. The labyrinth depicted in the novel has affected the various characters in the novel. It also serves as a main theme in the ... is a blind man who writes about Navidson's film. Natalie Hamilton says "A blind man writing about a film is not the only strange thing about zampano's portion of the narrative, however , The footnotes supplied by Zampano are a mix...

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... those in the Navidson record by forcing the reader out of his or her "comfort zone." Danielewski often plays with the idea of traditional formatting by including copious footnotes, misspelling words, leaving pages blank, among other things, in order to disorient the reader. The first few chapters of the book are relatively normal, though, as in the Navidson record ... ...

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