The Buried Giant is a handsome book
Readers abroad have remarked on what a good-looking book The Buried Giant is, and last week our friend returned from Scotland bearing a copy. It is beautiful, with pages edged in black—good paper, not cheap newsprint that causes our Jedi master to go berserk. No one is credited for the design—it’s “by Faber”—and the illustrations are stock images.
What do the tree, typography and quote remind you of? The Lord of the Rings. The design is not coy about this being a fantasy novel.
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March 27th, 2015 at 04:26
That design is different from my copy’s but equally gorgeous. I love that shade of blue. Mine is olive green with the same cover as the paperback.
I just searched online for a hardcover of The Remains of the Day because I just realized I left my (paperback) copy back at home but I don’t like the latest edition with Ishiguro’s picture on the cover. Thankfully, I found a 1st edition with the clock on the cover in good condition from a private seller for cheap.