The Unfortunates is an experimental "book in a box" published in 1969 by English author B. S. Johnson and reissued in 2008 by New Directions. The 27 sections are unbound, with a first and last chapter specified: the 25 sections between them, ranging from a single paragraph to 12 pages in length, are designed to be read in any order, giving a total of 15.5 septillion possible combinations that the story can be read in. Christopher Fowler described it as "a fairly straightforward meditation on death and friendship, told through memories." Jonathan Coe described it as "one of the lost masterpieces of the sixties".
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| - In balìa di una sorte avversa (titolo originale: The Unfortunates) è un romanzo sperimentale dello scrittore inglese Bryan Stanley Johnson. Si tratta di un "libro in una scatola" (book in a box), in cui l'ordine dei capitoli viene stabilito dal lettore. Uscito in poche copie nel 1969, è diventato in breve tempo un oggetto da collezione. Nel 2004 la biografia di Johnson scritta da Jonathan Coe ha richiamato l'attenzione sulla sua opera, e il romanzo è stato ripubblicato nel 2008 dalla casa editrice statunitense New Directions. L'edizione in lingua italiana è invece del 2011 ed è l'unico libro dell'autore a essere tradotto in Italia. (it)
- The Unfortunates is an experimental "book in a box" published in 1969 by English author B. S. Johnson and reissued in 2008 by New Directions. The 27 sections are unbound, with a first and last chapter specified: the 25 sections between them, ranging from a single paragraph to 12 pages in length, are designed to be read in any order, giving a total of 15.5 septillion possible combinations that the story can be read in. Christopher Fowler described it as "a fairly straightforward meditation on death and friendship, told through memories." Jonathan Coe described it as "one of the lost masterpieces of the sixties". (en)
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| - The Unfortunates is an experimental "book in a box" published in 1969 by English author B. S. Johnson and reissued in 2008 by New Directions. The 27 sections are unbound, with a first and last chapter specified: the 25 sections between them, ranging from a single paragraph to 12 pages in length, are designed to be read in any order, giving a total of 15.5 septillion possible combinations that the story can be read in. Christopher Fowler described it as "a fairly straightforward meditation on death and friendship, told through memories." Jonathan Coe described it as "one of the lost masterpieces of the sixties". BBC producer Lorna Pegram employed Johnson to talk about this creation for the TV series "Release" after she was lobbied by Carmen Callil of Panther books. With barely any negotiation the interview was ready months before the book was ready for publication. The film included Johnson holding a mock-up of the book that was not at all similar to the final publication. Johnson said of the book "I did not think then, and do not think now, that this solved the problem completely… But I continue to believe that my solution was nearer; and even if it was only marginally nearer, then it was still a better solution to the problem of conveying the mind’s randomness than the imposed order of a bound book." (en)
- In balìa di una sorte avversa (titolo originale: The Unfortunates) è un romanzo sperimentale dello scrittore inglese Bryan Stanley Johnson. Si tratta di un "libro in una scatola" (book in a box), in cui l'ordine dei capitoli viene stabilito dal lettore. Uscito in poche copie nel 1969, è diventato in breve tempo un oggetto da collezione. Nel 2004 la biografia di Johnson scritta da Jonathan Coe ha richiamato l'attenzione sulla sua opera, e il romanzo è stato ripubblicato nel 2008 dalla casa editrice statunitense New Directions. L'edizione in lingua italiana è invece del 2011 ed è l'unico libro dell'autore a essere tradotto in Italia. (it)
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