I’m slowly adding to Vertigo sections of my bibliography of works of fiction and poetry that have embedded photographs as an integral part of the “text.”  I maintain a complete listing of the titles I know about at my LibraryThing catalog.  My catalog is called VertigoTwo.   Leave me a comment if you know of additional books.

On an annual basis I post lists of newly published titles along with some brief commentary.  I am also slowly working my way backward through earlier years.

A list of books published in 2005.

A list of books published in 2006.

A list of books published in 2007.

A list of books published in 2008.

A list of books published in 2009.

A list of books published in 2010.

A list of books published in 2011.

A list of books published in 2012.

To see every post in which I discuss the topic of photography-embedded fiction, simply click here.

14 Responses to “Photography-Embedded Fiction – Annual Lists”

  1. Tom Cunliffe Says:

    Tim Pears’ new book Landed (pub 2010) has some very Sebaldish photographs describing a fictional road accident.

  2. Sara Says:

    Fascinating resource!
    Probably a dumb question, but are all the photographs in these works ‘visual’, or can they be fictional, verbal ones functioning (for e.g.) as plot clinchers, evidence, etc?

    • Terry Says:

      The photographs I am referring to in all of these books are strictly visual images embedded within the text. There is a very large world of verbally described photographs, but my interest lies in the literary phenomenon of real photographs as a kind of text.

  3. Rise Says:

    The Box Man by Kobo Abe has some eerie photographs in it.

    • Terry Says:

      Great!  I knew Abe is a photographer and I’ve read many of his books.  But I’ve never looked at The Box Man.  Will do so promptly!

        Terry

  4. Parrish Says:

    Can vouch for Abe’s Box Man, definitely strange photos, as a Sebald fan I guess you know about Unrecounted , which has lithographs by Jan Peter Tripp.

  5. Alan Says:

    Terry, I really enjoy your site. Have been catching up on the past posts. Not sure if you have posted this title yet. Jack Finney’s Time and Again? Thanks

  6. A. Wessel Says:

    You should be looking into this title :
    Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children – Ransom Riggs (2011)

    • Terry Says:

      Thanks for the comment about Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children.  I’ve got a copy but haven’t updated the 2011 list recently.  I’ll have to do that soon.

        Terry

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  7. Michael Says:

    Have you cited Pamuk’s Istanbul? a book I find almost sickeningly indebted to Sebald.

    • Terry Says:

      I haven’t read Istanbul (I had trouble finishing several other books by Pamuk).  So I haven’t too closely at it yet. Is it fictional enough to be “fiction”?  I’d love some advice on this.

        Terry

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  8. Rise Says:

    A Winter Book: Selected Stories by Tove Jansson (pub. Sort Of Books) contains some photos.


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