direstraits
Well-Known Member
Ok, I want to know what's the most interesting, special book that you know of that's pushing what is generally regarded as fiction or even a normal book. The book or story must have some special characteristic that distinguishes it from being what you and I would call a 'normal' book. It helps if it's a good read, but I'm looking for originality here, not readability.
I'll start.
Jonathan Safran Foer loved Street of Crocodiles by Polish author Bruno Schultz, so much so that he made a completely new novel by redacting the words/text of the book, and turned it into Tree Of Codes. Even the title Tree of Codes is a redaction of letters from Street of Crocodiles. The entire book of Tree of Codes features pages with cut out words and letters, and you need to actually put in a blank page behind every page you read to make the reading easier, otherwise you're just seeing through the book.
Here's a video of the book:
It's not available where I am, but when it finally arrived in the post I was immediately awed by it. Nothing like actually holding the book in your hand.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Your turn.
I'll start.
Jonathan Safran Foer loved Street of Crocodiles by Polish author Bruno Schultz, so much so that he made a completely new novel by redacting the words/text of the book, and turned it into Tree Of Codes. Even the title Tree of Codes is a redaction of letters from Street of Crocodiles. The entire book of Tree of Codes features pages with cut out words and letters, and you need to actually put in a blank page behind every page you read to make the reading easier, otherwise you're just seeing through the book.
Here's a video of the book:
It's not available where I am, but when it finally arrived in the post I was immediately awed by it. Nothing like actually holding the book in your hand.
Your turn.