Double Game and The Gotham Handbook are, together, the first major publication in English on the work of French artist Sophie Calle, yet this two-volume set is in no way an ordinary monograph. In fact, it takes the form of a double jeu, a 'double game', between the work of Sophie Calle and the fiction of Paul Auster. In his 1992 novel Leviathan, Auster based aspects of his fictional artist "Maria" on Sophie Calle, and thanks her for allowing "to mingle fact with fiction". In the opening chapters of Double Game, Calle ...
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Double Game and The Gotham Handbook are, together, the first major publication in English on the work of French artist Sophie Calle, yet this two-volume set is in no way an ordinary monograph. In fact, it takes the form of a double jeu, a 'double game', between the work of Sophie Calle and the fiction of Paul Auster. In his 1992 novel Leviathan, Auster based aspects of his fictional artist "Maria" on Sophie Calle, and thanks her for allowing "to mingle fact with fiction". In the opening chapters of Double Game, Calle reverses this premise and lives out elements of Maria's story to combine reality and fiction in her own way. In further chapters of Volume One, Calle uses passages from Leviathan as a pretext for a retrospective of her own installations and other works from the last twenty years. In response to the novelist's borrowings from her own life, Calle asked Auster to write a fiction which she could live. The result is Volume Two, The Gotham Handbook: instructions by Auster on how to live for one week Manhattan, and Calle's diary of that week as she lived it.
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First Edition, first printing with full number line in near fine / very good condition. No Dust Jacket as issued. The pages of the text are clean and crisp with no bent corners. Boards are solid with a little rubbing at the corners, and the spine is square and tight. The book is in near like new condition with no remainder mark. All items guaranteed, and a portion of each sale supports social programs in Los Angeles. Ships from CA.
Add this copy of Sophie Calle: Double Game (With the Participation of to cart. $149.75, new condition, Sold by GridFreed rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from North Las Vegas, NV, UNITED STATES, published 2000 by Violette Editions.
Add this copy of Sophie Calle: Double Game to cart. $185.18, good condition, Sold by 84 Charing Cross Road Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Cambridge, CAMBS, UNITED KINGDOM, published 2000 by Violette Editions.
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Collectable-Good Condition. 9781900828062. Good 1st impression Violette hardback, with ribbon, a terrific unique production and collaboration with Auster. Corners a little bumped, some discoloration and surface residues affecting the boards at the edges and the spine, a little spine lean from previous handling and storage, tight and unmarked. More Calle available, immediate dispatch 296 pages. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Category: Fiction; ISBN: 1900828065. ISBN/EAN: 9781900828062. The photos provided are of our own book, further photos may be arranged upon request. Inventory No: 090121.
