Hi! I’m a little bit off with my creativity right now and I need to design a book cover for a practical class. The book is called La Profecía Autocumplida by Gabriel García Márquez, The Self-fulfilling prophecy would be the title in English. The author narrates a story about an old lady who starts a rumour about her town, repeating that something bad is going to happen. The gossip gets bigger and bigger between the people of the town ‘till they get really scared and leave everything behind (their houses, jobs, plus they burn everything down.)

My question is: How would you design a book cover taking into account the rumour and some aspects of the story using rhetoric of the images? I’ve tried a lot of things but they get too literal and again, my creativity is blocked.

I really appreciate any help you can provide.