Wordless Novels

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Latest release: April 17, 2017
Series
5
Books

About this ebook series

 


A tale of subjugation, protest, and transformation, Never More Together tells the story of what can become of a society that fears the truth.

When
the inhabitants of a harmonious Edenic community are invaded by the
brutal Butterfly regime, they must learn to leave behind their tradition
of complicit silence, find a strong new voice amidst the cacophony of
state-sanctioned propaganda, and emerge into a hopeful future of freedom
and social consciousness.

Steven McCabe’s visual epic of more
than 100 linocuts challenges readers to look beyond the surface, to
decipher the layers of meaning in each image, and to immerse themselves
in a complex, dystopian world full of symbolic references to our past,
present, and possibly future condition.

Never More Together
Book 7 · Apr 2014 ·
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A tale of subjugation, protest, and transformation, Never More Together tells the story of what can become of a society that fears the truth.

When
the inhabitants of a harmonious Edenic community are invaded by the
brutal Butterfly regime, they must learn to leave behind their tradition
of complicit silence, find a strong new voice amidst the cacophony of
state-sanctioned propaganda, and emerge into a hopeful future of freedom
and social consciousness.

Steven McCabe’s visual epic of more
than 100 linocuts challenges readers to look beyond the surface, to
decipher the layers of meaning in each image, and to immerse themselves
in a complex, dystopian world full of symbolic references to our past,
present, and possibly future condition.

The Wordless Leonard Cohen Songbook
Book 8 · Sep 2014 ·
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In The Wordless Leonard Cohen Songbook, master engraver George A. Walker provides a new perspective on a man whose words have captivated generations.

Walker’s latest wordless narrative presents a suite of 80 wood engravings commemorating the life and artistic accomplishments of Leonard Cohen, the Montreal-born poet, novelist, and singer-songwriter whose career has spanned almost six decades.

Best read to music, The Wordless Leonard Cohen Songbook presents images of Cohen’s iconic public persona alongside vivid interpretations of his ever-evolving work. The engravings compose a biographical mosaic that invites readers backstage, behind the curtains of Cohen’s critical and commercial acclaim. Some scenes are drawn from history; other depictions arise from imagination and interpretation. These images encourage us to search beyond the visual elements and to see in them a poem, a song, a meaningful turn of phrase. They urge us to look beyond the black and white and to consider Cohen’s life and work through the lens of our own experience.

The Wordless Leonard Cohen Songbook originated in celebration of Cohen’s 80th birthday as a limited edition of 80 copies hand printed in Walker’s studio in Leslieville, Toronto.

Trudeau: La Vie en Rose
Book 9 · Oct 2015 ·
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Pierre Elliott Trudeau was one of Canada’s most charismatic--and polarizing--politicians. His tenures as Prime Minister during the 1970s and 80s were marked by conflict and crisis but also by a sense of nationalism, the development of multiculturalism and Canadian pride. He is known for invoking the War Measures Act in response to FLQ terrorism during the October Crisis; for introducing the Official Languages Act to improve the position of francophones in Canada; and, perhaps most memorably, for the patriation of the Canadian constitution and the establishment of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Trudeau: La Vie en Rose pays tribute to the life and career of this influential Canadian. In a series of eighty wood engravings, George A. Walker documents Trudeau’s political achievements, events of cultural significance and famous friends while also capturing Trudeau’s confidence, passion and irreverence. Presented without captions and open to interpretation in any language, it is a testament to the multilingual culture of Canada and a celebration of the man whose political legacy has had a profound influence on the definition of Canadian culture.

Trudeau: La Vie en Rose originated as a limited edition of 17 copies hand printed in Walker’s studio in Leslieville, Toronto.

Metamorphadox
Book 10 · Apr 2016 ·
5.0
In a small corner of what was once known as North America, in the not-too-distant future, Neo-Toronto emerges as a prosperous island enclave after decades of war and unrest. In this world, knowledge is downloaded, learning is obsolete, cybernetic communication is the norm and even time travel is within reach. Citizens wholeheartedly embrace a doctrine of immortality, hoping to achieve Singularity—a state of autonomy so complete that human contact is rendered unnecessary.

Jarrett Heckbert’s Metamorphadox presents a cautionary tale of a society that loses touch with physical reality. This suite of 81 wood engravings chronicles the chilling journey toward posthumanity in a dystopian future-world in which experience is always mediated and reality is undeniably, inescapably virtual.

Daddy Hall: A Biography in 80 Linocuts
Book 11 · Apr 2017 ·
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Born of a Mohawk father and an escaped-slave mother, John ‘Daddy’ Hall was a product of not one but two oppressed peoples. His gripping story is the stuff of legends—of the War of 1812, of the harsh realities slavery and of triumph in the face of adversity. Over the course of his 117-year life, Hall identified as a freeman, a scout for the British under Chief Tecumseh, a captured slave, an escapee on the Underground Railroad, a town crier in Owen Sound, Ontario, a husband and, as his nickname aptly suggests, father to an impressive number of children.

Owen Sound-based artist Tony Miller’s 80 stark and arresting black-and-white linocuts present an unflinching portrait of a remarkable African-Canadian whose story of resilience and reinvention offers a fascinating glimpse into the history of Southwestern Ontario.