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The clothing of books / Jhumpa Lahiri ; translated from the Italian by Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextLanguage: English Original language: Italian Publication details: New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House, LLC, 2016.Description: 74 pages ; 16 cmISBN:
  • 9780525432753
  • 0525432752
Uniform titles:
  • Vestito dei libri. English
Related works:
  • Translation of: Lahiri, Jhumpa. Vestito dei libri
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 741.6/4 23
LOC classification:
  • NC 973 L183c 2016
Summary: How do you clothe a book? In this deeply personal reflection, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jhumpa Lahiri explores the art of the book jacket from the perspectives of both reader and writer. 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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Item type Current library Home library Collection Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Barcode
Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Humanidades Humanidades (4to. Piso) NC 973 L183c 2016 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000121467

Translated from the Italian.

"A Vintage Books original, November 2016"--Title page verso.

First presented as a speech given in Italy at Festival degli Scrittori in 2015 and published subsequently in slightly different form in both English and Italian by the Santa Maddalena Foundation, Rosano-Firenze in 2015.

How do you clothe a book? In this deeply personal reflection, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jhumpa Lahiri explores the art of the book jacket from the perspectives of both reader and writer. 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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