THE CLOTHING OF BOOKS

How do you clothe a book? In this deeply personal reflection, Pulitzer Prizewinning author Jhumpa Lahiri explores the art of the bo ok jacket from the perspectives of both reader and writer. Probing the complex relationships between text and image, author and desi gner, and art and commerce, Lahiri delves into the role of the uniform/ explains what book jackets and design have come to mean to h er/ and how, sometimes, the covers become a part of me.