Books, in Spite of Their Covers
I recently finished The Woman in White and Wide Sargasso Sea. The paperback editions of each had dreadful covers of television or movie adaptations. How, I ask you, am I supposed to take books seriously that look like this:
or this:
?
I think I’m to be commended that I recognized the value of both books in spite of their covers. I’ve only seen one photo tie-in cover that I ever liked, The English Patient by Michael Ondaatje:
January 23rd, 2008 at 5:45 am
I have that edition of The English Patient!
Yes, I agree, I tend to run a mile, screaming, from movie tie-in covers. Though I confess, I started reading Nicholas Nickleby almost purely for the delicious-looking young actor on the cover of my edition. That got me through the first chapter and then I was hooked.