Description |
134 pages, 3 unnumbered leaves; 137-139 ; 22 cm |
Summary |
"With a different die-cut on every page, Tree of Codes explores previously unchartered literary territory. Initially deemed impossible to make, the book is a first -- as much a sculptural object as it is a work of masterful storytelling. Tree of Codes is the story of an enormous last day of life -- as one character's life is chased to extinction, Foer multi-layers the story with immense, anxious, at times disorientating imagery, crossing both a sense of time and place, making the story of one person's last day everyone's story. Inspired to exhume a new story from an existing text, Jonathan Safran Foer has taken his 'favorite' book, The Street of Crocodiles by Polish-Jewish writer Bruno Schulz, and used it as a canvas, cutting into and out of the pages, to arrive at an original new story ..."--Publisher description |
Notes |
"Publisher's note: In order to write Tree of Codes, the author took an English language edition of Bruno Schulz's "The Street of Crocodiles" and cut into its pages, carving out a new story."--T.p. verso |
Subject |
Schulz, Bruno, 1892-1942. Sklepy cynamonowe. English.
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Books in art.
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Printing -- England -- London -- 21st century -- Specimens.
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Genre/Form |
Artists' books.
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Visual literature.
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Conceptual art.
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Altered books
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Fiction.
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Author |
Die-cut version of: Schulz, Bruno, 1892-1942.
Sklepy cynamonowe. English.
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ISBN |
9780956569219 (paperback) |
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0956569218 (paperback) |
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