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Would you abstain from buying a book if the cover was ugly?

It seems almost impossible to achieve aesthetic book shelves unless you have the funds for all leather-bound, everything's so fucking gaudy nowadays.

>> No.8233355

>>8233349
Not necessarily, but if my library had it or I wasn't /that/ interested yes.

>> No.8233408

>>8233349
Will not tolerate Wordsworth classics. Also, your pic shows Kafka's own drawings.

>> No.8233451
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8233451

i like this one

>> No.8233453

>>8233349
Misrepresentation.

>> No.8233482

>>8233408
Who are shit, and nevertheless combined with some dank MS Word 2000 font effects.

>> No.8233503
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8233503

I own this and I love the design.

Ta dig i arslet OP!

>> No.8233508

>>8233503
Med en sådan oestetisk bokhylla kommer du aldrig få doppa, kompis.
>dkn svenska bokomslag är de värsta

>> No.8233519

Yeah, I guess.

>> No.8233525

>>8233508

Min hylla ser ut som skit, medges, men jag bryr mig mest om texten favä.

>> No.8233544

>>8233503
>>8233508
>>8233525
English please. I want to be able to pretend that the people here are better than flashbackers.

>> No.8233557

>>8233349
who made these drawings? I've got similar ones on my german editions and I don't think it says who drew them
are they somehow related to Kafka?

>> No.8233562

>>8233557

>>8233408

>> No.8233568

>>8233544
All people are better than flashbackers.

Best Swedish book, comrades?
I always felt Strindberg is the Swedish embodiment of r9k (but more intelligent)

>> No.8233575

>>8233562
oh. can't complain then

>> No.8233584
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>>8233349
I would definitely value print and paper quality (translation when applies) over the cover. But I could never buy or even borrow a book with a movie screenshot on cover or some bullshit last me pic related.

>> No.8233586

>>8233568
But are all channers people?

Complete Tranströmer.

>> No.8233596

>>8233568

I haven't really gotten started with Swedish lit. yet but I do enjoy Strindberg. His prose is fantastic, I feel like I can open any work by him on any page and just enjoy his style.

>> No.8233625
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8233625

>>8233349
I bought this recently, so no. Looks like a fucking video game cover or something

>> No.8233630

my copy of the road has fucking viggo mortensen on the cover
I know why, but why

>> No.8233640

>>8233630
That's the kind of thing I would never be seen with on a subway or a bus with. It does not have to be a pleb alert but somehow it is

>> No.8233659

>>8233625
Arktos publish some good stuff but goddamn their graphic design sucks ass

>> No.8233663

>>8233659
I was going to say their Guenon covers were alright but I just checked it and they only distribute them so that's out too.

Shame this is literally the only english-language Linkola you can get too.

>> No.8233682

>>8233349
I haven't bought Steppenwolf because the bookstore only had the cover that's a really loud shade of orange fur that I couldn't deal with. I'll just order a different one on the internet eventually.