Wednesday, 29 October 2008

Holy Shit!


The one thing about this Patrick White book is that as long as you're reading it, you can't be looking at the cover!

UPDATE: Jen Wang designed the cover, while Jason Freedman created the collage. That's not bad collaging--I assumed it was a single photograph.

I should note, as I have said in the comments, that I don't hate this cover--it's very effective, to be honest. It just gives me the fear.
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6 comments:

  1. Tim30 October 2008 at 03:10

    Honestly... I mean... WTF?

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  2. Kylie30 October 2008 at 04:14

    Good God! I'll probably have nightmares tonight.

    And I'm usually such a big fan of Penguin...

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  3. Anonymous30 October 2008 at 11:06

    Wow! I kind of like it. For some reason it reminds me of Chip Kidd's cover for Richard Lattimore's translation of the New Testament.

    http://www.amazon.com/New-Testament-Richard-Lattimore/dp/0865474990/

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  4. JRSM30 October 2008 at 14:48

    That New Testament cover is pretty effective. As, to be honest, is the Patrick White one--it's just not an image that's easy to look at.

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  5. Ian Koviak1 November 2008 at 17:24

    like fucking clockwork orange...

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  6. JRSM1 November 2008 at 22:34

    Only this image stays in front of you as long as you are reading the book.

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