“An emotional and intellectual adventure is in store for readers of Ghost Writer (originally published by DAAD during the artist’s residency in Berlin). A variety of literary and theoretical selections were made by the artist specifically for this book which was composed and designed by the artist as a way of illuminating the central themes of her work, without discussing the work directly.
"Bloom starts the book with an essay on ways of ‘reading between the lines.’ A smoothly written short story by Susan A. Davis is full of red herrings. Joseph Alsop writes on art forgery. Jane Weinstock and Bloom correspond about some love letters to and from Gustave Flaubert. Brian Wallis writes on photographic evidence, A.M. Freybourg writes on the detective’s ambivalent job of uncovering truth, and Marianne Brouwer writes on history and memory as seen in a city.
"An array of carefully selected pictures ‘illustrate’ the book. These include reproductions from the rich arsenal of our visual culture: Rodin, Duchamp, Vermeer, Godard, as well as still life painting, antiques and collectibles, everyday objects and advertising. Scattered throughout the book, these images pique one’s curiosity about their connection to the text. Bloom offers complex readings on a visual and textual level. In English and German.”
– from the publisher.
