| The Familiar, Volume 2: Into the Forest | |
| Language: | English language |
| Country: | United States |
| Genre: | Signiconic |
| Isbn: | 978-0375714979 |
| Release Date: | October 27, 2015 |
| Media Type: | Print (Paperback) |
| Pages: | 880 |
The Familiar, Volume 2: Into the Forest is an American novel by writer Mark Z. Danielewski. Released on October 27, 2015, it is the second of a planned 27-volume story entitled The Familiar[1] as well as the second book of Season 1, which includes The Familiar Volumes 1–5.[2] The book serves as a continuation of nine characters' interlocking stories introduced in the first book.
Writing for NPR, Jason Sheehan described Into the Forest as "better" and "cleaner" than its predecessor: "More consistent in its chaos — its flurry of parentheticals, its screwball layout with words scattered and made into shapes, its glossy insertions of counter-textual material (pictures and illustrations, un-mated parentheses used as raindrops spattering the page)."[3]