The Clothing of Books

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How do you clothe a book?In this deeply personal reflection, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jhumpa Lahiri explores the art of the book jacket from the perspectives of both reader and writer. Probing the complex relationships between text and image, author and designer, and art and commerce, Lahiri delves into the role of the uniform; explains what book jackets and design have come to mean to her; and how, sometimes, «the covers become a part of me.†?

Literary Criticism Design Book Essays

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36 Druckseiten

Jahr der Veröffentlichung: 2017
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing

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Talia Garzahat Zitat gemachtvor 2 Jahren
Each book represents the choice, the taste of the editor, but the series confers on the book an identity, a sort of citizenship. A series says to its authors: You are one of us.
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Talia Garzahat Zitat gemachtvor 2 Jahren
Their insignia is tantamount to a literary badge of honor. In high school and in college, reading an orange-spined Penguin Classic felt reassuring, virtuous. I assumed they were works of quality, of substance.
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Talia Garzahat Zitat gemachtvor 2 Jahren
The husband of an Italian friend of mine orders his bookcases by series, in chromatic order. The effect is marvelous. According to his wife, however, aesthetic virtues aside, it’s not a good system. Beautiful to look at, she says, but one can’t find anything.
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