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Design Category
Book design, 2000
Design firm
Pantheon Books (New York, New York)
Collection
(2001) 50 Books/50 Covers of 2000

Description

We all get trapped in our own worlds. I wanted to express the universality of this without denying the strong cultural and literary traditions of this collection of poignant stories. Who was it that said, “I know why the caged bird sings?”

Credits
Art director: Archie Ferguson
Photographer: Jane Yeomans
Production coordinator: Kathy Grasso
Trim size: 5 9/16 x 8 7/16
Pages: 225
Typefaces: Confidential, Baskerville
Jacket printer: Martinsberg
Author: Ha Jin
Publisher: Pantheon Books