Tree of codes Jonathan Safran Foer

Object Details

Notes
"Die-cut pages design by Sara De Bondt studio. Design assistance by Nina Klein. Cover and title pages design copyright gray318. Printed by die Keure in Belgium. Die-cut by Cachet in The Netherlands. Hand-finishing by Beschutte Werkplaats Ryhove in Belgium. Bound by Hexspoor in The Netherlands"--Title page verso
"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"--Title page verso
Artist's book with a unique die-cut on every page of the story
Video showing the production of the book is available at the publisher's Web site
CHMNKRU copy is a Gift from Ellen Lupton
Summary
"With a different die-cut on every page, Tree of codes explores previously uncharted 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 disorienting 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 told in [the author's' own acclaimed voice"--Publisher's description
Data Source
Smithsonian Libraries
Date
2011
21st century
author
Foer, Jonathan Safran 1977-
book designer
De Bondt, Sara
Author
Schulz, Bruno 1892-1942 Sklepy cynamonowe English
Smithsonian Libraries Artists' Books DSI
publisher
Visual Editions,
Type
Books
Artists' books
Experimental fiction, American
Artists' books (books).)
Die cutting
Experimental fiction
Physical description
139 leaves, pages 137-139 22 cm
Place
England
Great Britain
Topic
Artists' books
Record ID
siris_sil_1042737
Usage
CC0