Under cover

    No apologies for a further brief post on Niall Williams' History of the Rain, but this time regarding the cover.

    It was a proof of the novel I read earlier in the year, but I now have a finished copy and it's the jacket I want to draw attention to because what was not obvious from pictures I'd seen of it was the very clever and effective use of text under the images - there is probably a technical term for that, but seen at different angles and in different lights, lines from Great Expectations 'emerge from the water'.

    It's beautiful, effective, and of course relevant to the book, and is another great design by David Mann.

Comments

[Mary]

The U.S. cover version is a photo of books falling from the sky. Not quite as compelling as the UK cover.

[Cornflower]

I agree, Mary.

[Danielle]

Serendipity--this is one of the books I really want to read from the list and am waiting for my library to get a copy. I agree, too, I like the UK cover more as well!

[Susie Vereker]

Nothing to do with books but hope you saw the Secret History of our Streets set inEdinburgh on BBC2 recently

[Rebecca]

Would "palimpsest" apply to the "words under pictures" device? Lovely cover indeed.