They say you should never judge a book by its cover, but as a man intrigued by the concept of judgement, the French philosopher Albert Camus would allow us to make an exception. Happily the covers for Vintage Books' Albert Camus collection are sublime on multiple levels.
At first glance, the black-and-white cover art appears to comprise striking but random abstract geometric patterns. That's not a criticism. The stark, incisive minimalism of the perfectly complements Camus's concise style and existential concerns.
