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The Clothing of Books by Jhumpa Lahiri

kelseyarnold's review against another edition

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reflective fast-paced

3.0

christiek's review

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4.0

A quick little book. Thoroughly interesting.

iwearglasses's review

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4.0

i like that it's a very personal and insightful reflection into the relationship between the book cover and the bool, the book cover and the author, and the book cover and the reader. there's a lot of depth here about things that aren't apparent to the casual eye. quite fascinating read

kiranmm's review

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5.0

love

pryngols's review

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4.0


As a part of a small publishing team, this honest and thought provoking piece really spoke to me on how we should be more mindful of how we design our books. Working in such a small team of artist creators, I feel it’s so much easier for the book designer and the author/artist to really create that perfect book cover. This connection is essential to really give birth to that perfect book: one that will speak to both readers and the writer. We should be mindful not to lose this as we grow and expand as a business. Book covers are not marketing tools alone but as Lahiri so eloquently states:

“A cover is a sort of translation, that is, an interpretation of my words in another language–a visual one.”

muskanmehood's review

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informative inspiring reflective fast-paced

4.0

As someone who wants to be a cover designer I’m scared 

kimberlyk's review

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4.0

Nice essay, essentially, about book covers and her writing.

mturney1010's review

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4.0

It's literally a book about book covers. Yes, I'm that kind of nerd now.

daydreamangel18's review

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3.0

The clothing of this book is unappealing, I wonder if Jhumpa had any say in it.

zogg's review

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informative lighthearted reflective fast-paced

4.5