Tree of Codes

Foer, Jonathan Safran; Schulz, Bruno

Published by Visual Editions, London, 2010

Octavo; 134 pp: die-cut pages; 22 cm. A most impressive physical feat of printing and publishing! "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. Near Fine; very mild sunning to textblock; pages clean and crisp. Slight curvature ansd possible sunning to exterior (see photos); else binding tight and clean withihng. First Edition (presumed; no prior editions or printings cited). Seller Inventory # 105733

Bibliographic Details

Title: Tree of Codes
Publisher: Visual Editions, London
Publication Date: 2010
Binding: Paperback
Condition: Near Fine
Edition: 1st Edition