In the Land of Punctuation

By:

Christian Morgenstern

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Tara Books Chennai, India 01 Oct 2009Description: 32 Pages Hardbound 162.56 x 228.6 x 7.62mm | 226.8gISBN:

9788190754606

Genre/Form:

Circle Time Book - Concept Books

DDC classification:

813.91

Summary: A unique picture book for adults where language, design and politics intersect. First published in 1905, German poet Christian Morgenstern's piece is a darkly comic linguistic caprice. This fun romp populated by punctuation marks as characters nonetheless suggests systems of control that go beyond language. This illustrated edition is a brilliantly inventive dance of text and image, translated faithfully by Sirish Rao, with typographic illustrations by Rathna Ramanathan.

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Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Notes	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Junior Library General Books_Circle Time	Fiction	MOR	1	Available	Circle Time Book - Concept Books		0906011117

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A unique picture book for adults where language, design and politics intersect. First published in 1905, German poet Christian Morgenstern's piece is a darkly comic linguistic caprice. This fun romp populated by punctuation marks as characters nonetheless suggests systems of control that go beyond language. This illustrated edition is a brilliantly inventive dance of text and image, translated faithfully by Sirish Rao, with typographic illustrations by Rathna Ramanathan.
Circle Time Book - Concept Books

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