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Design Category
Book design, 1998
Design firm
Alfred A. Knopf, Inc. (New York, New York)
Collection
(1999) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1998
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Though I think the title refers more to a field guide, and the idea of a field guide of characters and personalities instead of birds, I decided to pursue this from an innocent child’s view… more or a second-grader’s paper, so well written that it gets a sticker. There are three stickers that were printed and the books varied in appearance so slightly that most bookstore owners didn’t even notice. I know some devoted Lorrie Moore fans who had to buy all three versions. I am one of those fans. This author collects characters and literary images the way people college objects at flea markets.