Emoji Dick , the oh - man - how - did - this - in reality - work - out emoji translation of Moby Dick , isnow in the Library of Congress . Why would n’t it be .
Emoji Dickoriginated in 2009 , on Kickstarter . The book was compose by Fred Benenson , who contracted thousands of citizenry to understand one sentence of the book into emoji — each sentence of the book three clip — and had the secure translations voted into place . It raised a flake over its $ 3,500 finish , across 83 backers . We also heard from Benenson belatedly last yr , when hisemoji Eustace Tilleywas a finalist in the New Yorker ’s annual contest .
https://gizmodo.com/heres-a-new-yorker-cover-made-with-nothing-but-emoji-5967134
Here are a few way theLibrary of Congress has categorized the novelEmoji Dick :
subject : Ahab , Captain ( Fictitious character)—Fiction . » More like this
Whaling ships — Fiction . » More like this
Whaling — Fiction . » More like this
Whales — Fiction . » More like this
Picture - authorship in literature . » More like this
Description : 735 pages ; color exemplification ; 24 cm .
medium case : unmediated
Content type : text , other
So there you go , Emoji Dick , part of the interior literary record . Picture - writing in lit . [ Daily Dot ]
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