Inspired by the growing trend of publishers such as Penguin putting out vanity and designer editions of classic books, Ennui attempts once a day to re imagine classics transgressive/cult books as starker dirtier thrift editions to reflect the murky quality within.
Today's selection is Camus' The Stranger which was actually my first introduction to existentialist fiction. It's one of tho...
Credits
All designs on ENC were designed in a combination of Adobe Illustrator and Photoshop. Minimal use of stock photography as well as pre-set fonts as required. Any fonts other than those pre-loaded into the Windows 7 operating system will be given full credit. Many of the signatures aquired for the designs were found on the Wikipedia and belong to the original authors.
All designs were done by Edward Bignar, probably at 11pm at night, probably while desperately trying to get it done before the day is technically over.
Inarguably one of the most controversial books of all time. In fact the further it gets away from it’s original date of publication the more this taboo grows with infamy. I figured that I would go off on this note because I couldn’t think of any other book that is more transgressive.
Request, nothing really else to say.
In Jr / Highschool because of having to move around I had to watch Charly 3 times, read this novel twice, and the short story a lonesome one time. I've been meaning to re-read it for a while, though I just re-watched Lawnmower Man if that counts for anything.
Great book, slightly above average movie.
“bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonnerronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk!” ― James Joyce, Finnegans Wake
This illustration was inspired by someone's sketch on how to read the novel.