In the Country
by Mia Alvar
This novel is composed of nine stories detailing the experiences of different Filipino men and women and deals with the themes of displacement and loss. For the cover, I chose an image by Crystal Huie, an important photo documenter of the historic Manilatown neighborhood in San Francisco and International Hotel community of the 1970s. It is a historic instance of forced eviction that not only reflects the novel's themes, but also helps set the scene for the reader. I also decided to depict the shape of the Philippine islands in a pixelated, oversimplified way to convey the characters' distance from home but to also represent the different identities they have to take on.
Crying in H Mart
by Michelle Zauner
description and photo coming soon...
