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Article 11

Jonathan Safran Foer’s book, Tree of Codes

By @ryancarson

23 February 2011 | Category: Inspiration

Jonathan Safran Foer’s book, Tree of Codes, pushes the limits of what a book can be. I love the sheer audacity of it.

He constructed it by taking his favorite book, The Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz, and cutting out words to form a completely new story.

It’s not only a beautiful creation, it was a puzzle that had to be solved. The world needs more creativity like this.

Close-up shot of the book which has words cut out of each page

The cover of the book which has a lot of black dots on a white background, with the title of the book and the author's name

Another photo of the book pages showing sentences cut out of the pages

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  • http://www.bellafaithdesign.com/ bellafaith

    Wow! That is amazing – true creativity!!

  • http://twitter.com/jonfriskicsucf Jon Friskics
  • http://twitter.com/mark87dotcom Mark Bubel

    I’m going to have to buy this book now. I loved Everything is Illuminated!

  • Samjoseph Desuza

    Innovative. Loved it.
    http://africanmangosreview.com

  • Connie

    I think you should read “Street of Crocodiles” before reading this work first.
    Bruno Schulz was one of the most creative polish writers/painters, murdered by the SS

  • David Roberts

    This is not a new idea, Tom Phillips took a Victorian novel and made it into a new book (The Humument) buy removing and highlighting words and it is beautiful. You can see a binding I made for it here http://www.flickr.com/photos/24695092@N07/5109766427/. There is also an app for the Humument http://www.humument.com/

  • http://carsonified.com Ryan Carson

    Wow, really? Thanks for letting us know. I wasn’t aware of that.

  • http://carsonified.com Ryan Carson

    Wow, really? Thanks for letting us know. I wasn’t aware of that.

  • David

    I instantly thought of the Humument as well. Tree of Codes will go on my shelf right next to it.

  • http://www.mojowebdesign.com.au/ Damian

    Brilliance. Would’ve taken so much time, time we all have if we make it exist! Guess you gotta have the passion.

  • http://creativehyperbole.com kdwilliams

    Nice!

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