The House of the Man that Died
Edition of 300 – 2000, staple saddle stitched, offset lithography, Black vellum bristol, cottonwood text, 5" x 7", 20 pages – $6.00 ppd.
The House of The Man That Died is a tragic variation on the classic children's book, The House That Jack Built. The house sets a Victorian backdrop revealing how a home can both nurture and destroy the lives of its inhabitants by its very existence. The story tells of the beauty and innocence of life as it is portrayed through, “the daughter in the photo on the wall.” The opposing side, the cruelty of life and the inevitability of death is portrayed through the “rats in the attic”. This dualism between the light and dark sides of life is further explored though the juxtaposition of the text’s nonsensical format against the sadness it unfolds.
