Magvető

  • Tamas Horvath

SZEP VERSEK & KORKEP

Szep versek (Nice poems) and Korkep (Panorama) are annual anthology books released since 1963 by one of the largest Hungarian publishing company, Magveto. Szep versek is a collection of poems, while Korkep contains several short novels. The covers are made by different collaborators every year and here I had the honour to design the 2018 edition of the series.

VIKTOR HORVATH - MÖBION

Artwork for the European Union Prize for Literature winning author Viktor Horvath’s third book, Möbion.
TL;DR
Satan is bored from eternal life, so he starts fucking with drugs to feel humble for a few hours.

BOLDIZSAR FEHER - VAK MAJOM

Book artwork for Boldizsar Feher’s first release, Vak Majom (Blind Monkey).
TL;DR
Guy inherits a billion dollar company, leaves all the decisions to the accountants.

ARTHUR KOESTLER - DARKNESS AT NOON

Artwork for the re-release of Arthur Koestler’s anti-totalitarian masterpiece, Darkness at Noon.
TL;DR
During Stalin's purges, Nicholas Rubashov, an ageing revolutionary, is imprisoned and psychologically tortured by the party he has devoted his life to. Under mounting pressure to confess to crimes he did not commit, Rubashov relives a career that embodies the ironies and betrayals of a revolutionary dictatorship that believes it is an instrument of liberation.

RAFAEL CHIRBES - ON THE EDGE

Cover for the Hungarian release of Spanish writer, Chirbes’ famous novel about the Spanish recession, On the Edge (En la orilla).
TL;DR
On the Edge is a monumental fresco of a brutal contemporary Spain in free fall