Hardback, black and white illustrations, 32 pages, W345mm X H245mm
Paul Auster's novel The Book of Illusions
explores the implications of stories within stories, especially as
films. Battling with personal crises, Auster's protagonist David Zimmer
falls into the work of the fictional silent film star Hector Mann.
The
Inner Life of Martin Frost is a long-lost Mann film. It is also this
book, which through Glenn Thomas's innovative typography and drawings
echoes the vertiginous plight of Zimmer as he becomes fascinated by the
one particular film. Having worked on several films, including a 2007
revamped version of this story, visual cues fit well with Auster's
words, making this book ideal for anyone interested in how words and
imagery can work together to create new forms of understanding.