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The poems are printed with different typefaces from page to page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This book depicts a facsimile of the protagonist's journal and mysterious disappearance complete with photographs, maps, found scraps of paper, notations on an outer column of the page with the offset diary on an inner column.Amazon.com review: "At one time, Lydia and Christopher were lovers as well as travel companions; now they are merely fellow travelers. While on a trip to Morocco, Lydia notices a small mark on her hand which begins to grow and spread in thin, tattooed lines that only she can see. Eventually, the marks reveal themselves to be a detailed map of an unknown land, and Lydia begins to understand that these marks, invisible to all but herself and a mysterious Moroccan man named Layesh, will lead her on a strange and perilous journey. The Tattooed Map is Lydia's journal of the days and weeks leading up to her disappearance. Each page contains her daily experiences--her growing shock and fear as the map unfolds itself, her deteriorating relationship with Christopher,...