The Master of Petersburg - Publication Information

[Tim Strzechowski]

I personally prefer the cover image on the current edition, as opposed to 
that of the first edition (the one posted on the Wikipedia site).  On the 
latter, it's a black-and-white photo of what appears to be a street scene of 
St. Petersburg (I'm guessin').  All well and good, but pretty unimaginative.

The current edition (or at least the one I have) has artwork that depicts 
the white suit (chapter 4) lying across a bed before an open window, with a 
breeze gently blowing thru the drapes.  An image much more evocative than 
the aforementioned street scene, imho.

Tim



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Richard Ryan" <richardryannyc at yahoo.com>
To: "Pynchon-L" <pynchon-l at waste.org>
Sent: Monday, September 15, 2008 3:38 PM
Subject: The Master of Petersburg - Publication Information


> J.M. Coetzee's The Master of Peterburg was originally published 1994; it 
> is his 6th published full length novel.
>
> It was published in the United States by Viking, and in England by Secker 
> & Warburg.  S&W has been the UK publisher of Coetzee's fiction for the 
> duration of the author's career.  Secker's Geoff Mulligan has been 
> described in the press as both Coetzee's editor and publisher (Mulligan 
> accepted at least one of Coetzee's Booker Prizes.)  I've not found any 
> indication of who originally edited TMoP in manuscript.
>
> The edition to which I will be referring - and which I believe most 
> participating listers are reading - is the US Penguin (Non-classics) 
> edition of 1995:
>
> http://www.amazon.com/Master-Petersburg-J-M-Coetzee/dp/0140238107/ref=pd_cp_b_0?pf_rd_p=413864201&pf_rd_s=center-41&pf_rd_t=201&pf_rd_i=5557117741&pf_rd_m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1A98N2NAM6PP3SFJGC5J
>
>
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Master_of_Petersburg