Marissa Brassfield
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A good book has a wonderful power to allow its reader to travel to new and unseen worlds; “Senghor on the Rocks” by Christoph Benda lets the reader get a vague glimpse of the setting of his novel—Dakar, Senegal—with the help of Google Maps. The entire book is geotagged. Each page of “Senghor on the Rocks” is accompanied by a Google Maps satellite image of the area. The German novel was originally written by Christoph Benda between 2002 and 2005, but was later adapted for its present geotagged online format.  "We wanted to add something to the story that helps readers - especially as the story is set in an unfamiliar environment - to envision the mood of the story without illustrating it," says Ledermann.
"The satellite images provided by Google Maps do not constrain the reader's imagination but are capable of actually triggering imagination by giving a rough impression without too much detail."
(smh.au)References: senghorontherocks.net, smh.au Filed In: |
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