I don’t get it. Can anyone explain the August 3, 2009 New Yorker cover picture?
It looks to me like a statue in the middle of a farmyard. There is a blue fence in the background with rustic structures behind the fence. There is a cow on the grass in front of the statue. The statue looks to me vaguely like Lenin, but I could be wrong.
Any guesses? I don’t subscribe or have a copy, otherwise perhaps the content of the articles would tip me off. I went to the New Yorker website and went through the table of contents, but still could not put it together.
Help?
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It’s Siberia related. There are a couple of articles about a guy’s visit to and sketches of Siberia. The cover art is called “Siberia”. So maybe it’s rural life in Siberia (the sketches are all farmy too.) and maybe the statue is a famous Russian like Lenin, etc.
That’s the best I got.
I have not received my copy yet, so I am no help.
Sounds like Lola knows the most. No help here. Sorry.
I’m stuck, too … so are a half-dozen of my NYorker reader friends … I emailed several NY addresses asking for help … nothing yet …
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Thanks.
P.S. I’m a 50+ subscriber and have struggled with many covers, but this one takes the cake.
Ooops:
I meant to say I’m a 50+ YEARS subscriber.
I’m 83.
Post modern metaphor,I bet.
I and some of my friends think there might be a Sarah Palin connection–Russia waving goodbye to the Governor, who no doubt is in her back yard boning up on the international scene in preparation for her presidential run. But why the statue (rather than some farmer or fisherman) and the cow?
What’s a post-modern metaphor.???