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    "description": "How do we judge a book cover? Are book covers like the clothing that we choose to wear; and what do they say about us? And what is it like to have your clothing selected for you? These are the questions at the heart of this thoughtful meditation on the art of the book jacket, from acclaimed, best-selling author Jhumpa Lahiri. Exploring her relationship with covers\u2014both as a writer and as a reader\u2014Lahiri probes the complex relationship between text and image, author and designer, and art and commerce. From her lasting affection for the specific editions of classic works she read in college to the shock of seeing one of her own jackets unfaithfully adorning a different book, Lahiri analyzes what jackets mean to her, what happens when they don\u2019t seem right, and how, sometimes, \u201cthe covers become a part of me, and I identify with them.\u201d",
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