Andre Dubus, Shomei Tomatsu, coincidences

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Yesterday I finished a short story by Andre Dubus, Deaths at Sea. Most of it takes place in the japanese harbour of Yokosuka in 1961. It’s a story about american sailors, racism, liberty nights. Then today I’ve stumbled upon a picture by Shomei Tomatsu in the Moma.

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Two book covers for Trockij and Padura Fuentes. Only one good

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Quiz: you have two covers of the same book: Leonardo Padura Fuentes, El hombre que amaba a los perros. They both show a man, two dogs, some kind of scenery. Same theme. Same book. But different effect. One cover is beautiful, the other is ugly. Which one is the first?