The Eccentric Landlord | Cassette Book | Novel | Cassette Tape | Books

Why must books always look like books? Why must cassette tapes retain their original function? The world's first cassette tape book. No tedious printing process, just typing character by character at the end of the tape, then winding it back. As you turn the pages with a pencil, not only can you reminisce about the past, but you're also contributing to environmental protection. "The Eccentric Landlord," by Zhuang Yixin, Episode 1, eight short stories, now available for pre-order. About the Author: Zhuang Yixin, of Malaysian Chinese descent. A graduate of Parsons School of Design in New York. She has lived in Malaysia, Shanghai, and New York, and is currently based in Singapore. She weaves discarded, outdated cassette tapes into a new fabric she calls "music fabric." She aims to exchange music with others through this novel approach. This book, "The Eccentric Landlord," is adapted from her own true stories. She ingeniously uses the empty cassette tapes she collected over two years, typing words one by one at the end of each tape to compile this cassette book. It invites readers to let go of the conventional form of a book and the original function of a cassette tape, to read in a completely new way by turning the gears with a pencil, while simultaneously cherishing memories of the past...