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The Clothing of Books: An Essay

Jhumpa Lahiri

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."

Book Details

  • Publisher: Vintage
  • Publish Date: Nov 15th, 2016
  • Pages: 80
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 6.20in - 4.30in - 0.40in - 0.20lb
  • EAN: 9780525432753
  • Categories: MemoirsBooks & ReadingWomen

About the Author

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.