Sunday 20 February 2011

Murder, if You Can Be Bothered

I just came across this hilarious cover for a Spanish edition of Dostoevsky's Crime and Punishment. Could Raskolnikov be any less into the murder he's about to commit? Although he barely seems to have the energy to do anything more than gently nudge Alyona Ivanovna with the axe. I've never scene a less dynamic representation of the act of murder.

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  1. The above fore-mentioned.20 February 2011 at 14:40

    He looks like he is lining up for a swing, but has only just woken up.

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  2. Hence7220 February 2011 at 21:30

    thats amazing, is there any more in the series?

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  3. Anonymous21 February 2011 at 03:04

    Japanese movies like this have ruined my mind, and i was freaked out by her eye.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nFKP9lB_F7s

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  4. JRSM21 February 2011 at 14:36

    Hence72, I'm not sure. I don't know of any Spanish-language bookshop catalogues which I can easily navigate, or else I'd hunt down some more.

    Missdisco, thank you for that. My mind is also now on the path to ruin!

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  5. claire21 February 2011 at 14:57

    Hilarious cover, like, murder is SUCH a drag. :)

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  6. Anonymous21 February 2011 at 17:22

    Brilliant cover! Murder frequently fills us with the desire to stare vacantly into space and be decidedly non-passionate about the whole affair.

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  7. Anonymous23 February 2011 at 10:23

    I think this cover has a 5-star creepiness. It's even more creepy that the models are expressionless. Is this a Tutsis book?

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  8. Anonymous23 February 2011 at 11:03

    Very weird cover, not sure I would buy a book with that image, sort of reduces everything to one moment, oh, right, that's the point lol.

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  9. JRSM23 February 2011 at 13:31

    Christy, it's not a Tutis--sadly, they seem to have stopped making new books.

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  10. rixavie24 February 2011 at 06:14

    Actually, it's a snapshot from russian 8-part movie, here: http://www.kp.ru/daily/24014.4/86589/
    And sure enough the film is a total disappointment.

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  11. JRSM24 February 2011 at 13:21

    Rixavie, thanks for that information--nice to know that they're real people, and not waxworks!

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  12. Ian Koviak25 February 2011 at 12:20

    may be of interest to you: http://www.monoscope.com/2008/01/

    Murder need not be a messy affair. A light tap here and there to an old ladies head should be enough...

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  13. JRSM28 February 2011 at 13:33

    Wow--lovely link, Ian: lots of cover images crying out for books to be written for them!

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  14. LifeonMars5 March 2011 at 20:30

    http://www.nordicalibros.com/ilustrados.php

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  15. LifeonMars5 March 2011 at 20:38

    oh, and
    http://www.faktoriakdelibros.com/
    http://www.kalandraka.com/es/novedades/1.html

    both from a Galician publishing company, quite big in the spainsh ilustration market

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  16. JRSM6 March 2011 at 12:32

    Thank you, Cristina: some really lovely work there. I will have to investigate these publishers with a view to a post about them.

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