Download or read book The Clothing of Books written by Jhumpa Lahiri and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2016-11-15 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A deeply personal reflection from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of The Namesake that explores the art of the book jacket from the perspectives of both reader and writer. How do you clothe a book? Probing the complex relationships between text and image, author and designer, and art and commerce, Lahiri delves into the role of the uniform; explains what book jackets and design have come to mean to her; and how, sometimes, “the covers become a part of me.”