A Library of Misremembered Books

A Library of Misremembered Books

2021 • 96 pages

"Readers know all too well the comedy and tragedy of forgetting the name of a must-find book. Inspired by this torturous predicament, artist Marina Luz creates paintings of books based on the descriptions we use when we can't remember their titles"--


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“Coralie Bickford-Smith's beautifully detailed patterns for the Penguin Classics; or any book-cover design, really, by [...] Edward Gorey.”

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Lovely art. I want to read some of these. Some based on the title others the art, or both.

Made me laugh.

January 7, 2023

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