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The Clothing of Books

An Essay

An Essay

An Essay

By Jhumpa Lahiri

By Jhumpa Lahiri

By Jhumpa Lahiri

By Jhumpa Lahiri

By Jhumpa Lahiri
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Nov 15, 2016 | ISBN 9780525432753

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    About The Clothing of Books

    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.”

    About The Clothing of Books

    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.”

    About The Clothing of Books

    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.”

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    About Jhumpa Lahiri

    JHUMPA LAHIRI, a bilingual writer and translator, is the Millicent C. McIntosh Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at Barnard College, Columbia University. She received the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for Interpreter of Maladies and is also the… More about Jhumpa Lahiri

    About Jhumpa Lahiri

    JHUMPA LAHIRI, a bilingual writer and translator, is the Millicent C. McIntosh Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at Barnard College, Columbia University. She received the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for Interpreter of Maladies and is also the… More about Jhumpa Lahiri

    About Jhumpa Lahiri

    JHUMPA LAHIRI, a bilingual writer and translator, is the Millicent C. McIntosh Professor of English and Director of Creative Writing at Barnard College, Columbia University. She received the Pulitzer Prize in 2000 for Interpreter of Maladies and is also the… More about Jhumpa Lahiri

    Product Details

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Literary Criticism

    Paperback | $8.95
    Published by Vintage
    Nov 15, 2016 | 80 Pages | 4-3/8 x 6-1/4 | ISBN 9780525432753

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Literary Criticism

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Vintage
    Nov 15, 2016 | 80 Pages | ISBN 9780525432760

    Category: Biography & Memoir | Literary Criticism | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $5.00
    Published by Random House Audio
    Nov 15, 2016 | 59 Minutes | ISBN 9781524774578

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