Kafka Kovers In The New Age
Blog Post by Dale Estey - Jan.28.2011 - 8:40 am
Kafka UndercoverFamous book designer takes crack at K.
by Dan Klein
Peter Mendelsund
Angst-riddled Kafka meets book cover design giant Peter Mendelsund in the design aether this week via his latest blog post on Jacket Mechanical. Modern considerations of the Central European scribe being a favorite of ours and our contributors, it is a treat to peruse, not only the phenomenal visual stimuli, but also Mendelsund’s behind-the-design-scenes inner monologue as he wrestled to align his style with that of Kafka. “There’s just something about Kafka- and what this something is, is so very hard to pin down,” he writes.
(The Covers by Peter Mendelsund)
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I owe my life to Hitler, though I never met the man. My father was paid to stop Hitler, so there is no conflict of interest. I was given a thunk on the back o' the head by God when I was fifteen, and within a week began to write. I haven't stopped. My first...
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