The Clothing of Books: An Essay - Paperback
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780525432753ISBN-10:525432752UPC:9780525432753Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Books & Reading, WomenSize:6.20 x 4.30 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.2006Product ID:SCMVT4AWAR
A deeply personal reflection from the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Namesake that explores the art of the book jacket from the perspectives of both reader and writer.
How do you clothe a book? 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."
How do you clothe a book? 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."
Languages:EnglishPublisher:VintageISBN-13:9780525432753ISBN-10:525432752UPC:9780525432753Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, Literary CriticismBook Subcategory:Memoirs, Books & Reading, WomenSize:6.20 x 4.30 x 0.40 inchesWeight:0.2006Product ID:SCMVT4AWAR
JHUMPA LAHIRI is the author of four works of fiction: Interpreter of Maladies, The Namesake, Unaccustomed Earth, and The Lowland; and a work of nonfiction, In Other Words. She has received numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize; the PEN/Hemingway Award; the PEN/Malamud Award; the Frank O'Connor International Short Story Award; the Premio Gregor von Rezzori; the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature; a 2014 National Humanities Medal, awarded by President Barack Obama; and the Premio Internazionale Viareggio-Versilia, for In altre parole.
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