Maurice Roche's 'Compact' Reissued with Color-Coded Sections
Maurice Roche's novel 'Compact' has been reissued by Éditions Tristram. The book is structured like a musical score, consisting of nine interwoven movements that evoke liturgical ritual, obsessive mechanisms, urban life, and cinematic montage. Previous editions differentiated these movements through typographic variation; Tristram's edition instead uses chromatic differences, a practice reminiscent of medieval illuminations and heraldic elements.
Key facts
- Maurice Roche's 'Compact' is structured as nine interwoven movements.
- The novel evokes liturgical ritual, obsessive mechanisms, urban life, and cinematic montage.
- Previous editions used typographic diversity to differentiate movements.
- Éditions Tristram's edition uses chromatic differences to indicate the movements.
- The chromatic practice recalls medieval illuminations and heraldic elements.
- The reissue is by Éditions Tristram.
- The original publication date of the article is May 1, 1997.
Entities
Artists
- Maurice Roche
Institutions
- Éditions Tristram
- artpress
Sources
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