CLIFF TAIT-JAMIESON
The great prince of the forest

Before becoming a book, The Great Prince of the Forest is a 30-minute performative reading in which Cliff Tait-Jamieson shares with us their moonlit encounter with stags in the forests of the Lot Valley.

The book is structured as a romanticised (yet true) account of an expedition into the forest during the rutting season. The narrative entails animal science research and behavioural studies, as well as a poetic analysis of the character Bambi in the 1945 Disney adaptation.


Borrowing from the conventions of coming-of-age tales and children’s storybooks, The Great Prince of the Forest offers an exploration into the iconography of the stag in both contemporary and ancient Western European history, as well as the author's reflections on testosterone intake and the experience of gender transition towards a perceived ideal of “normative” masculinity.  

PAGES
80
FORMAT 
14 x 19cm

EDITORIAL DESIGN 
Thomas Ducrocq
ILLUSTRATIONS
Cliff Tait-Jamieson
TRANSLATIONS
Margaux Bonopera
Nacre🦋Manon
Cliff Tait-Jamieson
PROOFREADING
Emlou
PRINTING
Postfirebooks, Montpellier
HOT FOIL STAMPING
Studio Pression
SCREENPRINTING
José Sales Albella

FONTS
Adelphe Floreal (Eugénie Bidaut, byebyebinary)
Almendra Display (Ana Sanfelippo)
Amiamie Round (Mirat Masson, byebyebinary)
Gianna (Peter Wiegel)
PAPERS
Munken Print White 80g
G.F Smith Colorplan 270g
Maildor 90g

ISBN 978-2-9592778-2-5
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©Cliff Tait-Jamieson ; for the text and the illustrations.