Stefan Gunnesch
- (book artist) Hugo von Hofmannsthal
- (text by)
Pages: 44+40pp Size: 285mm Binding: Wrap-around folder - green Language: English; German
Place publication: Leipzig Publisher: Edition Bildschriftlich
Additional notes: The collages were created by using photographs from the personal archive as well as from open source archives.
The book transfers the prose work 'The Letter of Lord Chandos' by Hugo von Hofmannsthal into a typographical interpretation using a series of black-and-white collages. The text starts with large typography which displays text fragments of Hofmannsthal’s letter. The words seem to fall apart on the pages; they are not quite tangible, similar to the way in which Lord Chandos addresses the loss of his linguistic expression in the letter. The complete text is set in a smaller font on the following pages. The size of the type area is based on the dimensions of a folded letter paper.