The Look of the Book - by Peter Mendelsund & David J Alworth (Hardcover)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>"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."--Provided by publisher.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><b><b>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.</b></b> <p/><b>NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY <i>THE NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW</i></b> <p/>As the outward face of the text, the book cover makes an all-important first impression. <i>The Look of the Book </i>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.<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br><b>Praise for<i> The Look of the Book: </i><br></b><br>"A book about books that deserves a spot in every bibliophile's collection."<b><b><i>--Kirkus Reviews</i></b> <p/>Praise for <i>Cover</i> </b> <p/>"In the past decade, Mr. Mendelsund has designed about 600 book jackets, ranging from a sober, sophisticated cover for Tolstoy's <i>War and Peace</i> to his whimsical Pop Art-like treatment of Kafka's novella<i> Metamorphosis</i>, to the hypnotic fluorescent swirls on Stieg Larsson's thriller<i> The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo</i>."<b><b><i>--</i></b><i>New York Times</i></b> <p/><i>"Cover</i> is foremost a visually enticing tour of some of the most important books of recent times, made even more memorable by Mendelsund's daring covers."<b><b><b><i>--</i></b></b><i>Washington Post</i></b><br><b><br>Praise for <i>What We See When We Read</i> </b> <p/>"A playful, illustrated treatise on how words give rise to mental images."<b><b><i>--</i></b>Alexandra Alter, <i>New York Times</i></b> <p/>"Mendelsund, throughout this thought-provoking book, helps the lay reader contemplate text in ways you hadn't thought about previously."<b><b><i>--</i></b><i>Los Angeles Times</i></b> <p/>"A welcome and fascinating new book."<b><b><i>--</i></b><i>New York Review of Books</i></b><br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Peter Mendelsund</b> is the former art director at Alfred A. Knopf, the creative director of <i>The Atlantic</i>, and the author of a design monograph called <i>Cover</i>, as well as <i>What We See When We Read</i>, which has been translated into fourteen languages, and the novel <i>Same Same</i>. His writings have appeared in the<i> New York Times</i>, the <i>Paris Review</i>, and other magazines.<br/><br/><b>David J. Alworth</b> 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 <i>Site Reading: Fiction, Art, Social Form</i> and his essays have appeared in <i>Public Books</i> and the <i>Los Angeles Review of Books</i>, as well as in various scholarly journals.
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