Lovely things

More beautiful images of books, type and art.

The NSW State Library is currently creating their own alphabet inspired by images from their collection for their 100 year anniversary. Worth a look - lovely images.

I also love these book covers from different eras, Art Nouveau, Arts & Crafts (my favourites). Oh to own one like this one:

AND - how cute is this site for Emily Gravett - childrens author!

The world only exists in your eyes - your conception of it. You can make it as big or as small as you want to.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

Louis de Bernieres

I am reading books by the author Louis de Bernieres. I recently read Captain Corelli's Mandolin which I had picked up second hand ages ago and I loved it. At the moment I am reading The Troublesome Offspring of Cardinal Guzman. I am finding this harder to get into but it is providing plenty of smiles and entertainment. Apparently my father has Señor Vivo and the Coca Lord in his collection, so that'll be my next read.

I was very suprised to learn that the author is English and not Latin American as I had imagined. In fact his new book is called Notwithstanding: English Village Stories. It will be interesting to see if that is as fun as the others.

I love the authors Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Laura Esqivel and Isabel Allende for the same reason. They write with the influence of the myths and culture of a place and time that seems to be very simple, earthy and full of 'characters'. I love the fact that I often can't tell what period of history the novel is set in and that often truth and fiction are blurred.