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Catcher in the Rye Cover
19 Mar 2004 by Matthew Linderman
The power of undesign. Michael Bierut on the cover of “Catcher in the Rye.”
But for me, the maroon cover of Catcher has a special place. Blank, enigmatic, vaguely dangerous, it was the perfect tabula rasa upon which I could project all my adolescent loneliness, insecurity, anger and sentimentality.
Interesting note that he mentions: Rumor has it that Salinger so hated the early illustrations used that he insisted the future covers of all his books be type-only.
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20 Mar 2004 | Andy Baio said...
Several cover images, for the curious: first edition, cheezy 1961 "Sherlock Holmes" cover, Modern Library cover, the "rainbow/white" cover, Penguin paperback, grey cover.
