The video shows a close-up of a book cover with a person's hand holding it. The cover is predominantly orange with black and white text. The title of the book is "Penguin Parallel Text: Short Stories in German" and it is edited by Ernst Zillekens. The cover also features the Penguin logo, which is a black and white penguin. The person's hand is visible on the left side of the frame, and the background is blurred and indistinct.