Away
By Emily Martin
Iowa City, Iowa: Naughty Dog Press, 2001. Edition of 100.

3 x 4.25" closed; opens to 24". Accordion structure. Paper over board covers. Letterpress printed.

Ah, summertime is here whenever you open this book. The three Rs are Relaxation, Recreation, and Rejuvenation. The text explores both the pluses and minuses of "getting away from it all." In a reverie of detail, Martin invokes the double-edged lure of the primitive, the cabin by the lake where there is "Nothing to do that you have to do" and "Newspapers are for lighting fires." Yet, eventually, we won't be able stand it anymore, that "chance to do nothing for a week or maybe two, but . . . not a minute longer." The back spread of this two-sided accordion is a continuous image of lounging swimming fishing reading vacationers. . I can smell the marshmallows burning!
$50