The Look of the Book: Jackets, Covers, and Art at the Edges of Literature

Why do some book covers instantly grab your attention, while others never get a second glance? Fusing...
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Author: Peter Mendelsund
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The Look of the Book: Jackets, Covers, and Art at the Edges of Literature by Mendelsund, Peter

The Look of the Book: Jackets, Covers, and Art at the Edges of Literature

BD$87.26

The Look of the Book: Jackets, Covers, and Art at the Edges of Literature

BD$87.26
Author: Peter Mendelsund
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Why do some book covers instantly grab your attention, while others never get a second glance? Fusing word and image, as well as design thinking and literary criticism, this captivating investigation goes behind the scenes of the cover design process to answer this question and more.

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW

As the outward face of the text, the book cover makes an all-important first impression. The Look of the Book examines art at the edges of literature through notable covers and the stories behind them, galleries of the many different jackets of bestselling books, an overview of book cover trends throughout history, and insights from dozens of literary and design luminaries. Co-authored by celebrated designer and creative director Peter Mendelsund and scholar David Alworth, this fascinating collaboration, featuring hundreds of covers, challenges our notions of what a book cover can and should be.

Author: Peter Mendelsund, David J. Alworth
Publisher: Ten Speed Press
Published: 10/06/2020
Pages: 292
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.25lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.60w x 1.30d
ISBN: 9780399581021


Review Citation(s):
Kirkus Reviews 09/01/2020

About the Author
Peter Mendelsund is the former art director at Alfred A. Knopf, the creative director of The Atlantic, and the author of a design monograph called Cover, as well as What We See When We Read, which has been translated into fourteen languages, and the novel Same Same. His writings have appeared in the New York Times, the Paris Review, and other magazines.

David J. Alworth is the John L. Loeb Associate Professor of the Humanities at Harvard University. He teaches and writes about modern and contemporary literature, media, art, and design. He is the author of Site Reading: Fiction, Art, Social Form and his essays have appeared in Public Books and the Los Angeles Review of Books, as well as in various scholarly journals.

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