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Design Category
Book design, 1997
Design firm
Farrar, Straus & Giroux (New York, New York)
Collection
(1998) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1997

Description

The characters are depicted alternately as human beings and as insects: now they are humans with buggy qualities, now they are insects that walk and talk. I found it to be a great opportunity to put Gina Torres on a jacket.

Credits
Art director: Susan Mitchell
Graphic designer: Rodrigo Corral
Photographer: Frederick S. Schmitt
Author: Victor Pelevin
Typeface: Univers
Printer: Phoenix Color
Paper: Phoenix White
Publisher/client: Farrar, Straus & Giroux