The Letter Opener

The Letter Opener · a cover motif reimagined as an object to examine up close.

On the cover of What I Won’t Tell You, the motif is identified as “The Letter Opener.” The envelope contains the date of his death. The whole world wants him to open it.

The motif, its illustration, and its appearances can be compared. A resemblance proves neither that the same object has traveled nor that two stories share a continuity.