A die with twenty-six faces
By: Louis Lüthi
Series: Roma publication -- 344; ROMA publication -- 344.
Publisher: Roma Publications, in collaboration with the Lectoraat Art & Public Space, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam
Published: 2019
Place of publication: [Amsterdam]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 103
ISBN-13: 9789492811394
Copyright date: 2019
Subjects: Books and reading; Type and type-founding; Books; Private collections
Other titles: L.; Louis Lüthi :; Die with 26 faces
Description: "In 'A Die with Twenty-Six Faces', the author -- let's call him L. -- guides the reader through his collection of alphabet books, that is, books with letters for titles. Some of these titles are well known: Andy Warhol's "a," Louis Zukofsky's "A", Georges Perec's W. Others are obscure, perhaps even imaginary: Zach Sodenstern's A, Arnold Skemer's C and D. Tracing connections between these books, L. elaborates on what the critic Guy Davenport has called the "Kells effect": "the symbolic content of illuminated lettering serving a larger purpose than its decoration of geometry, imps, and signs." Mixing essay and fiction, 'A Die with Twenty-Six Faces' is a playful meditation on contemporary literature, typography, and book collecting."
Notes: Includes bibliography (pages 98-99) and index.