Comments on: Comparing Covers http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1939 Reading, Writing, Movies and Mothering in Minneapolis, Mostly Thu, 25 Jun 2026 22:22:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: girldetective http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1939&cpage=1#comment-16486 girldetective Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:21:50 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1939#comment-16486 We had a funny experience at book group when we read Return of the Dancing Master by Henning Mankell. One woman said she found it really difficult to read because it had so many unfamiliar terms. We asked her for an example, she got one from the first page, and we realized she had the UK version and we had the US, and they were different translations. Hers was definitely harder to read for us--it wasn't just little changes like apartment/flat, boot/trunk, etc. When I went to London a few years back, I spent WAY too much time in Waterstone's. I thought they had great displays, and I agonized over what books to get there. I chose two Peter Ackroyd books, House of Doctor Dee and Hawksmoor (I'd just finished From Hell), both of which are still unread, natch, but neither of which are in print in the US. We had a funny experience at book group when we read Return of the Dancing Master by Henning Mankell. One woman said she found it really difficult to read because it had so many unfamiliar terms. We asked her for an example, she got one from the first page, and we realized she had the UK version and we had the US, and they were different translations. Hers was definitely harder to read for us–it wasn’t just little changes like apartment/flat, boot/trunk, etc.

When I went to London a few years back, I spent WAY too much time in Waterstone’s. I thought they had great displays, and I agonized over what books to get there. I chose two Peter Ackroyd books, House of Doctor Dee and Hawksmoor (I’d just finished From Hell), both of which are still unread, natch, but neither of which are in print in the US.

]]> By: Steph http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1939&cpage=1#comment-16481 Steph Thu, 26 Feb 2009 02:35:44 +0000 http://www.girldetective.net/?p=1939#comment-16481 I have a UK edition of Bridget Jones's Diary too! I actually picked mine up in a used bookstore while I was studying Oxford, so it's doubly special to me. Other than that, I think the only British editions of I have are the entire HP series, though I technically have the Canadian editions (which are identical to Bloomsburys, near as I can tell). I have to say though, no cover on this earth could get me to like A Partisan's Daughter! I have a UK edition of Bridget Jones’s Diary too! I actually picked mine up in a used bookstore while I was studying Oxford, so it’s doubly special to me. Other than that, I think the only British editions of I have are the entire HP series, though I technically have the Canadian editions (which are identical to Bloomsburys, near as I can tell).

I have to say though, no cover on this earth could get me to like A Partisan’s Daughter!

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