Full name: Schematics: a Love Story

Author: Julian Hibbard Year: 2011 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Fiction Purchase/reserch links: Goodreads Amazon Google Books ISBNs: 9781935613275 1935613278

What can a triangle tell us about love? In Schematics: A Love Story, author Julian Hibbard uses schematic diagrams to meditate on love, memory, and the way time links them. Every spread of the book pairs a quietly unfolding, enigmatic narrative with a visually arresting illustration drawn from old diagrams. Whether they illustrate simplistic dance steps or chart the process of chemical decomposition, the illustrations play off the text, coaxing out new hints of meaning from what at first glance appears simple. As the story unfolds, the schematics draw readers in, revealing more and more of the paradox that is love. Schematics includes an index explaining the sources of the original diagrams, adding another layer of intrigue to this short but memorable fiction.