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We post the best book covers and good looking book shelves.

>> No.7910451
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>>7910413
I read for the words, not for the pictures on the cover like some dumb American or to instagram my bookshelf.

Best book cover is no book cover.

>> No.7910469

>>7910451
>caring about aesthetics
>American

You're joking, right? The obese T-shirt wearing Walmart shopping flipflops-are-real-shoes people?
Aesthetics is a European tradition. I eat for the food, doesn't mean I don't prefer a good looking plate over a slobby mess on a paper plate.

>> No.7910475
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Fuck off I only dl for free

>> No.7910480

>>7910451
Haha your a faggot lol

>> No.7910611
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>>7910413
Anything published by Fitzcarraldo

https://fitzcarraldoeditions.com/

>> No.7910631
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>>7910611
dayum, that looks sweet

>> No.7911209

>>7910631
They are beaut. The best thing is, they're all of an exceedingly high standard, content-wise as well

>> No.7911213

>>7910451
T. Poorfag fedora tipping "intellectual"

>> No.7911221

>>7910611
I have one of these and it's real pretty, classic feel. But when I skimmed Pond in the bookstore it seemed like trivial shite.

>> No.7911236
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This is sweet.

>> No.7911241

>>7910413
nah

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>> No.7911342

>>7911221
I'm actually reading Pond at the moment. It's very good, I think. It is very trivial, and there are bits that kind of read like the sort of book where a single woman sets her soul free with yoga, but that's kind of the point. It seems like a deconstruction of that. I would highly recommend it. It's the best take on stream of consciousness I've read in a long time

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>> No.7911448

>>7911342
Deconstruction how? Cos what I read was like a Guardian lifestyle mag article plus prose. And I like descriptive shit, it just seemed very housey and dull

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>> No.7911546

>>7911448
I'm not sure, I guess I can't articulate it too well. One could say that it's also an observation of boredom like some of Tao Lin's stuff is, but from a very different perspective, and (IMO) better written. Next time you're in a bookshop that has a copy give yourself a decent amount of time to read one of the longer stories.

>> No.7911564
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so simple,yet so beautiful

>> No.7911581
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I have the entire series; all of the covers are done in this style. Very comfy. Although truthfully there is a part of me that likes the look of a simple two-toned hardback better.

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>>7911564
tru answer

Also, ignoring the fact that it's a penguin edition I've always loved the photo that's usually put on the cover of the Book of Disquiet

>> No.7911591

>>7911586
I like the picture, but I don't really understand it.

Is he dancing? Is he experiencing hysteria? Did someone shoot him?

I haven't read the book.

>> No.7911608

>>7911591
Who knows, but it's well composed

>> No.7911759

>>7910451
>mfw I can do both
must suck not being able to like nice things, eh kiddo?

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Nicest cover I own I think. Also all self-portraits by Leon Spilliaert are fucking awesome. The Godfather of Impressionism?

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>>7911806

Also I nearly wanted to buy C&P again just for this cover.

>> No.7911814

>>7911806
That cover's terrible, man.
Looks like a balding David Bowie Let's Dance-era or some shit

>> No.7911842

>>7911814

>still better aesthetics than you.

>> No.7911899

>>7910413
I've wanted to get this edition but I've heard the translation isn't great.

>> No.7911953

>>7911759
My name isn't "eh kiddo."

Learn to use a comma, retard.

>> No.7911970

>>7911953
Learn to not attack spelling or grammatical errors when you have no other points to base your response on.

>> No.7911974

>>7911591
It's two people playing football. The boy/man in the foreground just scored a goal that the 'dancing man' tried to stop'.

I'm not sure how it relates to the novel, though I'm only halfway through, but I like the picture.

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>>7911970
You can't jerk off to the book cover while enjoying the words.

Only children care about the book cover. A better thread about be about preferred font and margin size, paper quality etc

A thread discussing book covers is about as stupid as an imageboard discussing literature.

Back to /reddit/

>> No.7911997

http://www.foliosociety.com/

Expensive as hell, even in pounds, but well worth the price if you can afford it.

>> No.7912046

>>7911997
How? They're just really thick hardcovers. No good annotation, no criticism, just a really big hardcover that for some reason people think other people think it's worth money therefore it's worth money.

They do a disservice to literature. The Pokemon cards of literature.

Stupid.

>> No.7912410

>>7911581
is this worth reading? I have it in my junk pile rn

>> No.7912654
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>>7911586
penguin covers are usually pretty good
don't really like the orange ones tho

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>>7912654

Everymans library has good looking covers, i far prefer oxford though overall for everything (wouldn't read classics without annotations first time through)

>pic one i found online

>> No.7912696

>>7910475

You are the problem.

>> No.7913555

>>7912682

Sick TBK cover m8. Too bad it's one of the few books of F.D. I don't like. Maybe at a later age.

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>> No.7913614

>>7912682
P&V translation = kill yourself

>> No.7913630

>>7913614

it aint mine m8 this is a covers/aesthetics thread

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>>7910413
Time to put in some good taste

>> No.7913704

>>7913669

lol I own this edition. so uglayh.

>> No.7913708

>>7913669
The axe is facing the wrong way.
Whoever made that cover should be struck down in cold blood.

>> No.7913717

>>7910611
I read Matthias Enard's Zone in their edition and it was a pleasure to hold.