Tree of Codes

Jonathan Safran Foer

ISBN 10: 0956569218 / ISBN 13: 9780956569219

Published by Visual Editions November 2010, 2010

About this Item

Second edition 2011. Light reader wear and rubbing to the edges, corners, covers, and pages. The book is in great condition! Stock photos may not look exactly like the book. Seller Inventory # 1135663

Bibliographic Details

Title: Tree of Codes

Publisher: Visual Editions November 2010

Publication Date: 2010

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Very Good - Cash

About this title

Synopsis:

A masterful work of storytelling, a unique sculptural object created through a collaborative process between Visual Editions and author. A curiosity with the die-cut technique was combined with the pages' physical relationship to one another and how this could somehow be developed to work with a meaningful narrative. This led to Jonathan deciding to use an existing piece of text and cut a new story out of it - his favourite book, 'The Street of Crocodiles' by Bruno Schulz. Writing, cutting and proto-typing has created a new story cut from the words of an old favourite.

Review:

"[A]n extraordinary journey that activates the layers of time and space involved in the handling of a book and its heap of words. Jonathan Safran Foer deftly deploys sculptural means to craft a truly compelling story. In our world of screens, he welds narrative, materiality, and our reading experience into a book that remembers it actually has a body." -- Olafur Eliasson, artist