The clothing of books
By: Jhumpa Lahiri ; translated from the Italian by Alberto Vourvoulias-Bush
Contributors: Vourvoulias-Bush, Alberto, translator
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2017
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 74
ISBN-13: 9781408890165
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Book jackets; Book design
Description: When I was a child, expressing myself through clothing was a source of anguish. I dreamt of sameness, even invisibility... When my books were first published, I discovered that another part of me had to be dressed and presented to the world.
Notes: Translated from the Italian.

"A VIntage Books original, November 2016."--Title page verso.

First presented as a speech given in Italy at Festival degli Scrittori in 2015 and published subsequently in slightly different form in both English and Italian by the Santa Maddalena Foundation, Rosano-Firenze in 2015.