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Let me tell you about this book I borrowed.

Jonathan Safran Foer took one of his favorite books, Street of Crocodiles by Bruno Schulz (European Jewish writer whose work mostly disappeared during WW2) and made a "graverubbing" of the text by cutting up the book to make his own story. The spliced text is preserved in printed form.

Tree of Codes is lovely, rare, + out of print - on eBay it will run you $100+. #bookart #thankslibrary #bucketlistbook

I'm sure back in 1973 this book was risqué and shocking. A woman so openly discussing her sexual fantasies and desires. I found this book entertaining at first but as I read more, I discovered this book didn't have much more to offer. It seemed pretty autobiographical and while there were lots of snippy lines and good laughs, Erica Jong came across as self indulgent and self centered. This was a #birthdaychallenge read and a #BucketListBook