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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. 

  19. CRITICAL HIT AWARDS: October 2011 | The Outlet: the Blog of Electric Literature—

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  20. A+—

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