English edition of AtD

[rich]

thanks, Tore

as bill murray used to say on SNL (re: red stamp)"  what the hell is
that?--some weird central asian language?

rich


On 10/16/06, Tore Rye Andersen <torerye at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Amazon.co.uk finally has a picture of the English edition of AtD. The
> cover
> is practically the same - it doesn't have the 'torn' corners of the
> American
> edition, though. The mysterious red seal also seems a bit clearer on the
> picture of the English edition. See for yourselves:
>
>
> http://www.amazon.co.uk/Against-Day-Thomas-Pynchon/dp/0224080954/sr=8-2/qid=1160556307/ref=sr_1_2/026-1772774-2484453?ie=UTF8&s=books
>
> As with most of Pynchon's novels - Vineland being the only exception -
> Jonathan Cape is the publisher. Note, by the way, that the English version
> is only 960 pages long. I seriously doubt that Cape cut 160 pages from the
> novel (or perhaps they wanted to get back at the Americans for cutting
> Lawrence Norfolk's Lemprière's Dictionary so ruthlessly?), so I guess that
> the English readers can prepare themselves for severe eyestrain.
> Hmmm - should I go for the American edition and strained armmuscles or the
> English edition and strained eyes? Heck, I'll go for BOTH!
>
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