Seascape

by Heimrad Bäcker

Heimrad Bäcker’s Seascape uses documentary material to recount a minor historical episode from World War II: the crew of a German submarine comes upon three men on a Norwegian lifeboat and refuses to take them on board. Bäcker’s account of Nazi inhumanity uncannily echoes Un coup de dés, Marcel Broodthaers’ A Voyage on the North Sea, and other nautical texts of the avant-garde.

Paperback

First published November 1, 2013

Reviews

[Rowan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is a gorgeous object - grey letterpress on white heavy paper, very interesting binding - somewhere between accordion and post. Stunning object.