When the main branch of the New York Public Library was dedicated, on May 23, 1911, John Alden Dix, the governor of New York, hailed it as “the generator of moral and intellectual energy.” For the cover of the July 10 & 17, 2023, Fiction Issue, Sergio García Sánchez captures a book’s dynamic power by illustrating the interplay between a world in motion and a mind in rapture. His central character sits at the corner of Forty-first Street and Fifth Avenue, fixed in a spellbound pose at the foot of one of two marble lions that have adorned the library’s entrance for more than a hundred years. I talked to the artist about the tumult of the city and the joy of being in thrall to a story. —Françoise Mouly
"On the Same Page" New Yorker Cover by Sergio García Sánchez, originally published on July 10, 2023.
Made in: USA
Product: 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle
Material: 100% Recycled paper
Dim: Finished Puzzle 26.63'' x 19.25''
