La vita notturna degli alberi

let's be honest. with this one, you're not reading it for the articles. the text of the book is fine - it's just spare fragments of folklore from the gond tribe of central india about trees. but the book itself, as objet , well, that's another matter entirely. it is a from a limited print-run, of whic Leggi tutto

Коли хтось каже «я подивився на цю книгу і зрозумів, що вона має бути твоя» зразу ж стає цікаво. Розумію, що химерні ілюстрації, унікальність композиції, та взагалі - дерева всюди, це звісно прикольно. Напевно, все ж мені приємно, що хендмейд книги про індійський вузькоспеціалізований фольклор нагад Leggi tutto

This is one of the most gorgeous books I've ever seen. Pictures of trees by three artists of the Gond people of India are individually silk-screened onto hand-made paper. They are captioned with bits of folklore from that region of India. I can't recommend this book highly enough - the artwork is be Leggi tutto

Sparse text offering vignettes of lovely Gond folklore - but really this is all about the art! Each page is screen printed by hand on thick black handmade paper, and it is just gorgeous.

Oh, wow. This book is more of an experience than a read, to be honest. It's also definitely an art/picture book. I remember adding this to my list and thinking, "ah, this'll probably be something wordy and technical, hard to understand". Oops. Book content warnings: eye horror (visual) body horror (vi Leggi tutto

I found the 3rd edition (note to self: 2006 edition 724/1000) in a thrift store, what an amazing find. As other reviewers have said, the story is not that interesting, but as an art object it's really cool. The drawings (traditional Indian Gond art) are beautiful and the black paper is handmade and

First of all I chose to read this particular book around early morning when it is still considered night for who can truly enjoy such a title during the day? It gives the reader time to pause to think about the world around them when they are confronted with the idea that trees need a break and tha

The publishing company that produced this book wasn't lying when, in a blurb, they wrote that owning one of their books offered the reader a rare chance to own something that is "unique in concept, art, design, production and - most importantly - created by hand." Buying this off my friend who had j Leggi tutto