The Theatre of the Absurd
Vintage Books, New York, New York, 2003
Description
The book is about the absurdist genre of playwriting—plays like Waiting for Godot and Rhinoceros and playwrights such as Beckett, Arrabal and Ionesco. Themes include the perversity of existence, the slow passage of time, the reduction of man to his barest elements, being swallowed into the void, the absurdity at the core of human existence. Fun stuff like that.
Juror Notes
“The jury loved this cover, hands down. It’s serious, yet absurd.” Cheryl Towler Weese
Collections:
50 Books | 50 Covers of 2003
Discipline:
Book design
Format:
Book cover
Credits
- Design firm
- Vintage Books
- Art director
- John Gall
- Jacket designer
- John Gall
- Author
- Martin Esslin
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Trim size
- 5 3/16 x 8”
- Quantity printed
- 10,000
- Jacket printer
- Coral Graphics
- Book type
- Literature and nonfiction
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