The Short End of the Sonnenallee by Thomas Brussig
Thomas Brussig’s 2001 German-language novel Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee is described as “a moving and miraculously comic story of life in East Berlin before the fall of the Wall.” For the first English translation, published by Picador as The Short End of the Sonnenallee, Cecilia Zhang designed a cover she describes as being influenced by the work of Paul Bacon. The strikingly sparse cover pairs strong use of Ballast with Zhang’s hand-drawn illustration and handwritten treatment for “A Novel.” Art direction by Alex Merto.
