Fiction

The layout intertwines and breaks up narrow columns of text, embodying the text without falling into oversimplifications. The lightness of the visual elements outside the columns directs the reader’s attention to the book’s insights. The choice of paper is sensibly thin, and the book is therefore lighter than its number of pages would suggest. 

This delectable pink ensemble immediately arouses one’s curiosity. The unashamedly over-the-top work, with its iridescence, spot gloss and foiling on the wrap-around band, maintains one’s interest. The endpapers are delightful, resembling wallpaper and featuring a beautifully coloured author image on the back endpapers. The colour pages used in the layout have perfect registration. The headings, images, pull quotes and references work – the graphic design is in skilful dialogue with the content. 

At first glance and touch, the work resembles a hymn book – the size, the colour of the cover, the title discreetly set in a gold-foiled serif font. The author’s name, publishing house and year are defiantly written on the cover by hand in black marker – by the author himself on every copy of the edition. The text flows pleasantly in a narrow, unjustified block. The inexpensive materials, light paper and simple layout are fitting and with their lack of pretension, crown the whole effect. 

The cover illustration reaches for the unknown and the infinite, but suddenly breaks off. The mechanical typography of the dust jacket guides the reader around the book object and produces pleasant, linear surprises.