I’ve slowly built up a bibliography of works of fiction (and a few books of poetry) that have embedded photographs as an integral part of the “text.”  I maintain a listing of the titles I know about (with a few exceptions for titles that I’m still researching) at my LibraryThing catalog.  My catalog is called VertigoTwo.   Leave me a comment if you know of additional books.

On an annual basis I also post lists of newly published titles along with some brief commentary.

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.

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

8 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


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