In the mid-1960s, Tom Phillips took a forgotten nineteenth-century novel, W. H. Mallock's A Human Document, and began cutting and pasting the extant text to create something new. This new fifth edition of Tom Phillips's perennially popular book follows its predecessors by incorporating revisions and re-workings - over half the pages in the 1980 edition are replaced by new versions - and celebrates an artistic enterprise that is over 45 years old and still actively a work in progress. 'Utterly original, delightful and ...
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In the mid-1960s, Tom Phillips took a forgotten nineteenth-century novel, W. H. Mallock's A Human Document, and began cutting and pasting the extant text to create something new. This new fifth edition of Tom Phillips's perennially popular book follows its predecessors by incorporating revisions and re-workings - over half the pages in the 1980 edition are replaced by new versions - and celebrates an artistic enterprise that is over 45 years old and still actively a work in progress. 'Utterly original, delightful and idiosyncratic' - David Lodge 'Sly, humorous, erotic and endlessly fascinating' - Edward Lucie Smith, The Sunday Times 'Turns a forgotten work into a thing of rare beauty' - Bernard Levin, The Sunday Times 'Intricate, philosophical, romantic ... and often funny' - Michael Kustow, The Guardian 'One of the freshest and most original pieces of art literary work you are likely to see' - Evan Anthony, The Spectator
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Dispatched, from the UK, within 48 hours of ordering. Though second-hand, the book is still in very good shape. Minimal signs of usage may include very minor creasing on the cover or on the spine. Damaged cover. The cover of is slightly damaged for instance a torn or bent corner. Grubby book may have mild dirt or some staining, mostly on the edges of pages.
Tom Phillips just had his life's work installed at Mass MoCA in North Adams. It's well worth seeing there, but if you can't, or if you couldn't spend enough time with his more than 367 pages of fine art to thoroughly digest it, then you should get this book. Tom's notes on A Humument bring this stage of the work into clear focus, and might make you want to get the next edition, too. "Very rich for eyes!"
