re-cover nr.33

Neuromancer - William Gibson

This picture was taken in 2008, in Amsterdam.

William Gibson is an American-Canadian science-fiction writer.
Neuromancer is a cyberpunk novel, first published in 1984. The cover art of the first edition was made by James Warhola, a nephew of Andy Warhol.
Gibson has often collaborated with performance artists such as theatre group La Fura dels Baus.

"Lines of light ranged in the nonspace of the mind, clusters and constellations of data. Like city lights, receding..."

re-cover nr.32

La Maladie de la Mort - Marguerite Duras

This picture was taken in Berlin in 2005.

Marguerite Duras was a French writer and film director.
La Maladie de la Mort (in English: The Malady of Death) was first published in 1982.

"A writer is a foreign country"

re-cover nr.31

The Bell Jar - Sylvia Plath

This is a damaged polaroid taken in 1999, in Praia da Barra, Portugal.

Sylvia Plath was an American poet and writer.
The Bell Jar is a semi-autobiographical novel, first published in 1963 under the pseudonym Victoria Lucas. The novel was first published under Plath's name in 1966.
The film Sylvia (2003) tells the story of Plath's relationship with the English poet Ted Hughes.

"I could feel the tears brimming and sloshing in me like water in a glass that is unsteady and too full."

re-cover nr.30

The Metamorphosis - Franz Kafka

This picture was shot in 2006, in Amsterdam.

Franz Kafka was a Czech writer, and The Metamorphosis (Die Verwandlung, original German title) was first published in 1915.

"You do not need to leave your room. Remain sitting at your table and listen. Do not even listen, simply wait, be quiet still and solitary. The world will freely offer itself to you to be unmasked, it has no choice, it will roll in ecstasy at your feet."

re-cover nr.29

Der Prozess - Franz Kafka

This photo was taken in 2008, at the Museum Boijmans van Beuningen in Rotterdam.

Franz Kafka was a Czech writer, and Der Prozess (The Trial, in English) was first published in German in 1925.