VAN HERK, Aritha. In Visible Ink: Crypto-frictions. Edmonton: NeWest Press, 1991. First Edition. Trade paperback. 215x138mm. 218pp. Fine.

The pieces of In Visible Ink try to talk about writing and fail; try to talk about immigration and fail; try to read other writing and fail. But they succees in re-writing, un-writing, and inventing another text, the text of crypto-friction.