ATD paperback cover

[rich]

i've bought the UK edition partly because it is 200 pgs longer--more
Pynchon (sheepishly said) though the same book  ;)

rich

On 10/29/07, Dave Monroe <against.the.dave at gmail.com> wrote:
> Just picked up the US pbk ed of AtD ...
>
> http://us.penguingroup.com/nf/Book/BookDisplay/0,,9780143112563,00.html
>
> In the nick of time, as my cloth ed has long since fallen apart (have
> another tucked away for safekeeping), I've been juggling a
> couple/three library copies @ various locations.  Anyway, recall the
> painting on the cover ...
>
> http://us.penguingroup.com/static/covers/all/3/6/9780143112563H.jpg
>
> Tullio Crali, Nose-diving on the City, 1939, oil on canvas
>
> http://www.simultaneita.net/tulliocrali.html
>
> http://www.mart.trento.it/context_mostre_mondo.jsp?ID_LINK=346&area=62&page=4
>
> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0709&msg=121603
>
> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0709&msg=121610
>
> Anyway, a few more links providing a little more info ...
>
> http://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tullio_Crali
>
> http://arts.guardian.co.uk/features/story/0,,1383351,00.html
>
> http://www.24hourmuseum.org.uk/nwh_gfx_en/ART25567.html
>
> http://www.comune.udine.it/opencms/opencms/release/ComuneUdine/cittavicina/arte/museale/gamud/biografie/canciani-crali/crali.html
>
> The painting seems to have been making the rounds of late, which may
> have been how it came to the book's designer's, or even Pynchon's,
> attention.  Anything perhaps relevant to be gleaned from the Italian
> lge sites?  Any comments on the use of a Bltz-eye-view painting by a
> fascist sympathizer?  On the change in cover design at all?  Save the
> transparent dust jacket, M&D was by and large left as is, so ...
>