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Tree of Codes

Tree of Codes
by Jonathan Safran Foer
Visual Editions, 2010
285 pages / $40.00 Buy from Powell’s
Rating: [ ].5

 

 

 

Note: This review was written by excising words from Michael Faber’s review of Tree of Codes in The Guardian.

[] [ ] [ ] all-time favourite [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] Cinnamon [ ], retitled [ ] [ ] [] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] translated [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] . [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] passive [ ] [ ] vanity [ ] , [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] compulsion [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]. [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] love [ ] [ ]? [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] No, [ ] [ ] already done [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [] sadly [ ] here. So, [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]fresh [ ]? [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] dream [ ] mutterings faithfulness [ ] bankroll [ ]?

No. [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] cut [ ] text [ ] [ ] [ ] turn [ ] [ ] [ ] different [ ] credit [ ] [ ] [ ] Foer. Snip [ ] letters [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] get [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] intricate [ ] [ ]. [ ] boutique [ ] [ ] visual [ ], [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] die [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] in Belgium, [ ] [ ] [ ] £ [ ] [ ] [] [ ] share [ ] [ ] [ ] “quality” [ ] “just beautiful” or [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] average [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] wad [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ].

Foer [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] die[ ] [ ] by erasure [ ] [ ] and [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] crocodiles. [ ] the [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] Tree [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] is mine [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] in a sense, [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] is chopped [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] dictionary. [ ] [ ] [ ] arrogant, faux-naïve [ ] [ ] [ ]? [ ] detractors [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] blend [ ] whimsy and hubris – [ ] [ ] [] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] 9/11 [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ].

[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] shrewd [ ] move. [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] wobbly [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] godsend [ ] [ ] [ ]. What [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] the [ ] gland? [] [] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] empty [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] must-have. [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] very, very [ ] [ ].

[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] quick read [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] insert a blank [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] the layers [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] absorbing. [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] I love [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [] [] original; [ ] [ ] mere [ ] hunks [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] of [ ] [ ] vision.

[ ] [ ] [] [ ] [ ] radical [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]? [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] unconnected [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] August [ ] [ ] [ ] [] [] mop [ ] [ ] [ ] coughs; [ ] [ ] depth [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [] [ ] dead [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] Foer [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]. Excising [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] co-opts [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]! [ ] [ ] [ ] megalomaniac [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] mannequin [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ], inarticulate [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] frustrated [ ]: [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] want[ ] [ ] want [ ] want [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]

[ ] [ ] does Tree of Codes function [ ] [ ]? Sort of. [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] Polish [ ] [ ] [ ] [] stew [] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [] [ ] [] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]. [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] Foer’s [ ] [ ] obsession with [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] Foer [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] is a kind of [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] fixation [ ] [ ] [ ] although [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] exposed [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]. Foer [ ] [ ] discards [ ] [ ] Schulz [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] Foer [ ] [] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] killed [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] himself.

[ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] forced [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] collapse [ ] [ ] [ ]. [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] the book’s lack [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]. [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] destroy it. [ ] [ ] brave [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [] hack [] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]. The idea of [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] life [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ], [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] irony, [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] art [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ].

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20 Comments

  1. Literary Man

      This is bad ass.

  2. c2k

      []{]][[] death [][] [] [] [] [] die-cut [][][][] fox hunt [] [] [] ch£ap Paris holidays [] [][][]and[][][][][][]loo[][]. 

  3. c2k
  4. michael winterbottom

      Forty fucking dollars?

  5. ryan chang

      my favorite bit is: ‘ inarticulate [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] frustrated [ ]: [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] want[ ] [ ] want [ ] want [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]’. i’ve flipped through this book several times, and each time induced a mild feeling of discomfort and ambivalence and depression

  6. deadgod

      Doing this is a huge compliment to Foer’s thingy. 

      What does anonymous think of Bruno Schulz’s thingy?

  7. bobby

      Fucking thing rules!

  8. Brooks Sterritt

      “I love [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [] [] original”

  9. Paul Jessup

      I thought the same thing. Seemed expensive. I flipped through it the local B&N. Meh. Was pretty looking (I liked the layered effect) but overall just kind of..meh. $40 is too much for MEH. So I bought the philosophy of Final Fantasy instead. Less meh! Less money!  Winsauce!

      Oh and this review? It rocks.

  10. M. Kitchell

      the review section has been doing more exciting things around here lately than actual posts, love it

  11. c2k

      In the Guardian review Faber says the objet d’art is very fragile (“[ ] [ ] [ ] destroy it. [ ] [ ] br…”). – true? 

  12. nliu

      Unendings props to the reviewer for not taking credit.

  13. nliu

      *Unending

  14. John Pluecker

      This got me so riled up I had to write a blog post: http://johnpluecker.blogspot.com/2011/09/really-great-anonymous-review-of.html

  15. Guest

      now submit this review to http://ex-ex-lit.blogspot.com :)

  16. mimi

      ” languorous so my flaming milk ≈ ^^ “

  17. jesusangelgarcia

      agreed. love the ambivalence of this “review” (and i use these quotes lovingly) as well. bravo.

  18. Jon Cone

      Angry puppies and their bones. 

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  20. A+

      wow! more reviews [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] want[ ] [ ] want [ ] want [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] !!!