La Cage #[nn]

Published by Les Impressions Nouvelles in 1986, La Cage is a work by Martin Vaughn-James — one of the pioneers of the "visual novel" form. The cover sets the tone immediately: a sparse, meticulously rendered interior space where empty picture frames lean against a wall beneath architectural moldings, the whole scene conveying a quiet, unsettling sense of absence and displacement. It's an elegant invitation into Vaughn-James's wordless, contemplative world of rooms, objects, and eroded meaning.