I thought maybe it was a stereogram (3d image), but crossing your eyes and bringing them together doesn’t do anything, so it really is just the same image shown twice.
The same image twice on the cover works because it depicts the story, in my opinion perfectly. It is the story of a man, Jeebleh returning to his homeland after 20 years of living in New York to settle his motherís affairs. His homeland is in turmoil, his feeling of imprisonment now along with, reawakening the memories of having been imprisoned by the now warlord of the country, Somalia. Everywhere, everyone carries guns for protection.
The shattered light represents how scattered his life has become, being forced to adjust to Somalian ways and the zig-zag along the edges representing the forceful linking of his present life and the life he left behind.
I really don?t understand what?s going on here, or why it works so well. Makes me want to read the book to find out why the guy is repeated twice.
Also, the jaggies immediately made me think of another one of Corral?s covers: The Book Against God.
— Ben Pieratt, 2005-10-21 22:08:00
I thought maybe it was a stereogram (3d image), but crossing your eyes and bringing them together doesn’t do anything, so it really is just the same image shown twice.
— Rob Cameron, 2005-10-26 14:21:00
The same image twice on the cover works because it depicts the story, in my opinion perfectly. It is the story of a man, Jeebleh returning to his homeland after 20 years of living in New York to settle his motherís affairs. His homeland is in turmoil, his feeling of imprisonment now along with, reawakening the memories of having been imprisoned by the now warlord of the country, Somalia. Everywhere, everyone carries guns for protection.
The shattered light represents how scattered his life has become, being forced to adjust to Somalian ways and the zig-zag along the edges representing the forceful linking of his present life and the life he left behind.
— Rebecca Searcy, 2005-11-02 11:40:00
I thought it was meant to be a sheet of postage stamps…
— Louise, 2006-09-29 22:52:00
This is utterly beautiful… It’s a wonderful, graphic cover treatment…
— Ian B. Shimkoviak, 2007-06-08 19:46:00