Imagine if Graham Greene's classic had been titled "Our Woman in Havana." How would the story of spies and intrigue have changed? Would readers expect dancing and romance rather than British agent trickery?

German artist Daniela Comani doesn't dig into these questions, but she raises them in her New Publications series, on exhibit now in L.A.'s Charlie James Gallery, her first solo show in the U.S. Much of Comani's art investigates the boundaries of gender; in the New Publications series, she brings her sensibility to literature.

In the series, Comani retitles books by inverting gender-focused words in the titles: "La Petite Princesss" for "The Little Prince," "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Woman" in place of James Joyce's "A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man." She uses images of vintage book covers and very closely recreates them.

After the jump, see some snapshots of her work taken during a visit to the exhibition, which closes June 4.