This timeline is a work in progress fragmenting the intense narrative framework that is House of Leaves. ;xNLx;;xNLx;The timeline originates with Danielewski's writing about Johnny Truant's editor. The editor collates Johnny Truant's writing and research about Zampano's The Navidson Record. This reveals the next layer: Zampano's writing and research about Will Navidson's "Five and a Half Minute Hallway," which is also fictionalized by Zampano.
"According to Alicia Rosenbaum...the house on Ash Tree Lane has had more than a few occupants, approximately .37 owners every year, most of whom were traumatized in some way" (21).
Zampano mentions this briefly in Chapter II.
Will Navidson begins filming "The Five and a Half Minute Hallway"
"In early June of 1990, the Navidsons flew to Seattle for a wedding" (24).
Why a house? Why hallways?
In Appendix II-A Mr. Truant provides a sketch of this floor plan on the back of an envelope.--Ed.
The Navidson's look over previous blueprints from 1981.
As a result of this surfacing people attempt to find Navidson and the house, and ultimately fail.
Miramax releases VHS copies of The Navidson Records in New York and Los Angeles
Following the release of The Navidson Record, neither Karen nor Navidson's reputation escaped unscathed.
Since the opening The Navidson Record has been screened nationwide and continues to generate interest.
See Daniel Bowler's "Resurrection on Ash Tree Lane: Elvis, Christmas Past, and Other Non-Entities."
Zampano cites Dr. Isaiah Rosen's belief: "Navidson's fraud from frame one and his early posturing puts the entire work at risk"
In reference to Rosen's statement about Navidson's devious or fraudulent character Zampano writes:
Zampano leaves a note bequeathing his life's work to whomever finds it.
Zampano dies, and Johnny Truant enters the narrative.
Lude leads Johnny Truant into Zampano's apartment, where Lude explains some curiosities surrounding Zampano's death.
Johnny Truant begins to go through Zampano's The Navidson Record. JT's footnote translates: "Dinanzi a me non fuor cose create/ Se non etterne, e io etterna duro./ Lasciate ogni speranza, voi ch'entrate."
Footnote 5 appears at the end of footnote 4.
No one wanted the old man's words--except me.
Johnny Truant signs and dates his introduction to The Navidson Record: Johnny Truant, October 31, 1998, Hollywood, CA
House of Leaves published by Random House. Somehow, Johnny Truant will see a copy of this book in a bar.
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