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Design Category
Book design, 2002
Design firm
Vintage Books (New York, New York)
Collection
(2003) 50 Books/50 Covers of 2002

Description

This cover was helped inordinately by a total lack of editorial involvement. Added late to the list, shepherded under the radar of editor, agent and author, by art director extraordinaire John Gall, it is, in fact, one of the few covers I’ve ever made that looked the same printed as it did initially on my computer screen. Props to John. And to our production man Neil “spinesize” Barman who, luckily for me, speaks Hindi like a champ.

Credits
Art director: John Gall
Designer: Peter Mendelsund
Production artist: Neil Barman
Trim size: 8 x 5 1/4 inches
Typefaces: Alternate Gothic 2b, Hindi fonts
Author: Meera Nair
Translator: Neil Barman
Publisher: Anchor Books