Pulse by Paul Auster, in a book by John Gerard
(John Gerard) Pulse. [By] Paul Auster. Produced by John Gerard. Rheinbach, Germany. 2007. Accordion fold of 19 pages. 12.25” x 12.25”. Interpretation of pulp paper images by Bodo Korsig. All handmade papers by John Gerard. Text set in 36pt Arial, printed in the Copernicus Graphische Werkstatt, Alfter, Germany. Bound in dark gray cloth with red title on spine and front; two matte black designs reflecting the images in the book. Black dropback box with titles and designs to match the book cover. One in an edition of 30 copies, signed by Korsig and Auster. Fine.
Poem from the book ‘Collected Poems’ by Paul Auster. Reproduced by permission of The Overlook Press.
Some verses from ‘Pulse’:
“Autumn: a single leaf
eaten by light: and the green
gaze of green upon us.
Where earth does not stop,
we, too, will become this
light, dies
even as the light
in the shape of a leaf.”
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