Thursday, February 19, 2009

What the Heck: A Few More Murakami Covers

Monday's "Murakami in Israel" post prompted illustrator Keren Tegger to send in the cover for the newly-published (in Israel) Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman. She did the illustration; Talia Baer is responsible for the design:


At some point I remembered I had previously posted some German and French editions of Kafka on the Shore -- they're here. And running around the Interwebs a few hours ago I found this French cover for After Dark, which clearly has taken a few cues from Chip Kidd's design:



8 comments:

  1. never fancied that (chip) after dark cover to begin with. The attempt at a copy is even worse. The production value on the chip cover is very nice...

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  2. as always they sell the worst shit to us French... Don't care, I'll buuy it in english.

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  3. Anonymous3:45 AM

    I've just had a look at the older French and German covers. I'm German and I know the series - no choice of typography and not a lot of choice of placement. Maybe with other colors this could have worked a bit better. Nice crop though!

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  4. Anonymous4:31 PM

    Fantastic. I've been ambling through the archives of this blog for about a week, and now when my novel comes out, I won't be worried about what the reviewers think.

    No, I'll be worried about what you all think about the cover design.

    I'm going to have to give my agent another call...

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  5. Anonymous6:41 PM

    what's the meaning of the title of the cover?

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  6. Anonymous4:04 PM

    I just love the "after dark" covers; I love how the metallic look has that underground subway look. Gives it that kind of glare-ish feeling after exiting the bar at 2 AM . . .

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