This translation of the book in French consists of 44 visual poems that utilize rebuses to depict political messages dealing with the suffering of Jews during WWII in France. It has much smaller page size than the original. They are placed one to a page with documentation on the facing page. The poems consist of grids of Hebrew letters and mathematical formulas mixed with line drawings of images and pictograms that are presented with either black print on a white background or white print on a black background. This book is a seminal text in the historic origins of the Lettrist art movement in France. This translation into English that was done by Michael Kasper is also designated "Lost Literature Series #1. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

This is an important re-issue and translation of a 50's French Letterist classic. Includes the prose poem text in English and French on left page and pictograms on right hand page. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.