ExpJajn Lethem's point when he declares, "When damn near everything presents itself as farniliar ... it's not a surprise that some of today's most ambitious art is going about trying to make the...

ExpJajn Lethem's point when he declares, "When damn near everything presents itself as farniliar ... it's not a surprise that some of today's most ambitious art is going about trying to make the familiar strange." What does Lethem mean when he chti.ms that "everything presents itself as familiar"? And what might be involved in mal