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Design Category
Book design, 1997
Design firm
Little, Brown & Company (New York, New York)
Collection
(1998) 50 Books/50 Covers of 1997
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The type solution for this biography of Doris Lessing is straightforward, with rigid lines separating the title from subtitle and author. This is juxtaposed over a shadow that is blurred and fades in an untypical way, to symbolizes Lessing’s fondness for breaking rules and ignoring social convention.