Earlier this month, London-based publishers Visual Editions announced the latest author to sign for them: Adam Thirwell, who they've teamed up with designers Studio Frith. The British writer published his first novel Politics in 2003 and quickly garnered recognition as a young talent.
Visual Editions' work generally excites me. First, there was the reissue of Sterne's The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, then the utterly beautiful and sculptural Tree of Codes by Jonathan Safran Foer, and a reissue of Mark Saporta's Composition No.1 promised soon. So, I'm obviously keen to find out what further wonders they have in store.
I have to confess that I'm not familiar with Thirwell's work (any thoughts, readers?), but a preliminary glimpse at his books shows me I'd like to be! In particular, Miss Herbert or the alternative US title The Delighted States: A book of novels, romances, & their unknown translators, containing ten languages, set in four continents, & accompanied by illustrations & a variety of helpful indexes sounds fascinating.
It seems to be a piece of literary criticism, but written from a fresh perspective that has caused controversy and some unforgiving reviews. Visual Editions say that it has "a few beloved Shandy squiggles sprinkled throughout", so I'll be waiting patiently to see what Visual Editions - Adam Thirwell - Studio Frith come up with!
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