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Multiple paths · Typographic

Only Revolutions

Mark Z. Danielewski, 2006

Two narrators’ accounts start from opposite covers, printed upside down relative to each other; the reader flips the book back and forth, usually eight pages at a time, alongside marginal chronology columns.

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How it’s read

Multiple paths
Author-defined alternate orders or reading routes.
Typographic
Layout, rotation, color, or spacing is part of the traversal.

Details

First published
2006
Original language
English
Medium
Print
Needs the physical object
Yes. An ebook or audiobook would lose the effect.

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