Penguin Book

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A wise woman (my mother) asked me what was up with the vintage-looking Penguin cover that read “Go Away I’m Reading” in my last post. I always do as my mother tells me (right mom?…

The best of the famous publishing house's jacket designs – from the classic colour bands to illustrations by Banksy and Shepard Fairey

Ever evolving and always beautifully designed My love of books goes way back. I would happily hide away in The Exchange Bookshop in Dalkey for hours at a time. It was amazing how far my pocket money would go on second hand books in the 70’s! Most evenings the owner Michael would have to extract […]

Cover of "The "Big Sleep" by Raymond Chandler. (1962) What a clever visual pun! And I love the old Penguin convention of telling you which category the book is from (crime) and which book in the series it is by using #/# (3/6 in this case) st the top. Well designed!

Being bored kicks in with a lot of things to experiment and making penguin classics covers for books was something I quite enjoyed. Here are some of the covers I thought would be suitable for the books that I've read and enjoyed a lot! I tagged some of my friends here and if you feel like to try this, please consider yourself tagged! I'd be glad to see your creations! #bookreview #book #bookcover

The first novel in the autobiographical Rosy Crucifixion trilogy, Sexus depicts Miller's first stormy marriage and his sexual escapades in New York City with the mysterious dance hall hostess Mona. Published in 1949 in Paris, this picaresque tale was banned in the US and the UK for two decades. Funny and shocking, erotic and philosophical, the trilogy tells, according to Miller, 'the story of the most tragic suffering any man had endured'.

For more than seventy-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With nearly 2,000 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as quality translations by award-winning translators.

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