Salinger (1st January 1919–27th January 2010) had been drafted into the army during World War II, where he saw active military service in Europe, culminating in a billet to a concentration camp shortly after it was liberated by the Allies. The results are entirely befitting in their sophistication and minimalism the typographical nuances embodying everything that Salinger stood for in his prose and what he ultimately became in person-iconoclast literary paragon recluse. Hamish Hamilton decided, therefore, to honour his books with a new typeface, giving them at least some kind of distinction, and commissioned the celebrated type designer, Seb Lester, the job of illuminating Salinger’s front covers. Salinger was single-minded about how he wanted his texts to be printed: no author photograph no biography no cover blurb no endorsements no quotes no nothing, except of course the title and his name. D.” Salinger in 2010, his publisher at Hamish Hamilton (an imprint of Penguin) sat down with the cult author to discuss the new jacket artwork for the forthcoming reissues of his work. JUST BEFORE THE death of Jerome David “J. “I’m sick of not having the courage to be an absolute nobody.” Typeface: Seb Lester How a young woman’s spiritual crisis is redeemed by the power of familial love
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