Welcome to The Friday Face-Off, a weekly meme at Books by Proxy. Join us every Friday as we pit cover against cover, and publisher against publisher, to find the best artwork in our literary universe. You can find a list of upcoming topics at Lynn's Books.
This week's topic is:
“Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.” – Words only
“Words are pale shadows of forgotten names. As names have power, words have power. Words can light fires in the minds of men. Words can wring tears from the hardest hearts.” – Words only
There were some really great options this week, so I decided to share a few from two books: The Road by Cormac McCarthy and Exhalation by Ted Chiang. Some of these covers add in a few elements outside of the font, but I felt overall these all seemed to rely pretty heavily on the words themselves, and for good reason!
The Road
I am just so drawn to this cover, I love the way the title is just sort of out in the middle of space, there's something peaceful yet unbelievable intriguing.
What cover(s) do you like the most!?
I think I like the one you picked the most, too!
ReplyDeleteThese are both great choices. I love the simplicity of the US hardcover of The Road, and the Slovak edition of Exhalation😁
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