Jonathan Safran Foer : Tree of Codes - Double-signed UK 1st edition
Jonathan Safran Foer′s beautiful new book, Tree of Codes, is already one of the literary sensations of the year. This copy has been signed by the author and signed/dated by the cover artist Jon Gray (awaiting updated image)
IF YOU DO NOTHING ELSE TODAY, SPEND JUST 3 MINUTES WATCHING THE INCREDIBLE VIDEO (BELOW) SHOWING HOW THE BOOK WAS MADE .
This is your chance to own a rare first edition(2nd impresion) copy of a remarkable book that is both art and literature. Safran Foer′s book is an example of a ‘tactile’ book. Published by Visual Editions in London, the book was created by cutting pieces of text from Foer′s favourite book, The Street of Crocodiles by Polish author Bruno Schulz. A die-cut technique has been used and the book is both a sculpture to be admired and an object to be read. The Street of Crocodiles, a collection of short stories, was first published in Polish in 1934 and was not translated into English until 1963. The stories detail a merchant family in a small town and feature many mythical elements. Schulz, a Jew, was shot and killed by a German officer in the street of his hometown, Drohobycz in 1942. Safran Foer has a huge following after writing bestsellers like “Everything Is Illuminated”, “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”, and “Eating Animals”.
Synopsis : Tree of Codes, is a haunting new story by best-selling American writer, Jonathan Safran Foer. 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. Inspired to exhume a new story from an existing text, Jonathan Safran Foer has taken his favourite 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 Safran Foer's own acclaimed voice. Tree of Codes is the story of 'an enormous last day of life'. As one character's life is chased to extinction, Safran 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. The book has a broad appeal: to both literary audiences, intrigued by Safran Foer's new way of writing and to design and art audiences who will revel in the book's remarkable and unique visual experience. NOTE - this book has only been released in a paperback format (no hardback issued).
IF YOU DO NOTHING ELSE TODAY, SPEND JUST 3 MINUTES WATCHING THE INCREDIBLE VIDEO (BELOW) SHOWING HOW THE BOOK WAS MADE .
This is your chance to own a rare first edition(2nd impresion) copy of a remarkable book that is both art and literature. Safran Foer′s book is an example of a ‘tactile’ book. Published by Visual Editions in London, the book was created by cutting pieces of text from Foer′s favourite book, The Street of Crocodiles by Polish author Bruno Schulz. A die-cut technique has been used and the book is both a sculpture to be admired and an object to be read. The Street of Crocodiles, a collection of short stories, was first published in Polish in 1934 and was not translated into English until 1963. The stories detail a merchant family in a small town and feature many mythical elements. Schulz, a Jew, was shot and killed by a German officer in the street of his hometown, Drohobycz in 1942. Safran Foer has a huge following after writing bestsellers like “Everything Is Illuminated”, “Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close”, and “Eating Animals”.
Synopsis : Tree of Codes, is a haunting new story by best-selling American writer, Jonathan Safran Foer. 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. Inspired to exhume a new story from an existing text, Jonathan Safran Foer has taken his favourite 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 Safran Foer's own acclaimed voice. Tree of Codes is the story of 'an enormous last day of life'. As one character's life is chased to extinction, Safran 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. The book has a broad appeal: to both literary audiences, intrigued by Safran Foer's new way of writing and to design and art audiences who will revel in the book's remarkable and unique visual experience. NOTE - this book has only been released in a paperback format (no hardback issued).
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