“Someone may go into a bookstore knowing that they are looking for a Murakami novel. On the other hand, even if someone does not know about Murakami, they may be drawn in due to the distinctiveness of the book’s cover,” says Pinaki De, a literature professor and book cover artist who has been designing covers for twenty-five years.

Chipp Kid, a celebrated American graphic designer, has designed the covers of many books of Haruki Murakami. But for De, Satyajit Ray feels closer to home. Ray, renowned for his direction and scriptwriting, was also an adept illustrator who designed several covers including the 1950 Bengali edition of M an Eaters of Kumaon by Jim Corbett and Lila Majumdar’s Jonaki. The works of both Chipp Kid and Satyajit Ray, although several years apart, reflect a simil

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