Post by account_disabled on Dec 25, 2023 20:59:27 GMT -8
The fall of the giantsFor some time now I have noticed that in Italy it is fashionable to offer the reader two graphic formats for a novel. The first time I came across this sort of fad, or marketing action, call it what you will, was with the book Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell by Susanna Clark . It was available with a white cover and a black cover. I was initially fascinated by this possibility of choice, convinced at first that it had to do with the fact that Clark's novel was about magicians. White magic and black magic and therefore white cover and black cover. I chose black, a color dear to me. This year the same thing happens to me with Ken Follett's latest historical novel, Fallen Giants .
Also in this case you could choose between a white and black cover. I ordered it online and there was no possibility to choose which book to get. It arrived with a white cover. On the corriere.it website I read the article on Special Data the presentation of Ken Follett's book in Frankfurt . There was talk of a marketing choice by Mondadori, the white cover for women and the black one for men. Therefore, according to these sublime minds, I would have a woman's book... And has Longanesi, who published Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell , made the same marketing choice? I end the article with a comparison between three covers, the dull Italian one, the English one, published by the Macmillan publishing house even in a box set, and the American Dutton one.
But couldn't they have left the original cover in Italy? I'm tempted to buy this boxed version...nd he had accepted her request, already enjoying that fresh and immaculate body. When she entered the bedroom, completely shrouded in darkness, she smelled the scent of freshly picked flowers and other fragrances that she couldn't recognize. She glimpsed the woman's form, motionless under her sheets. He caressed her face, which seemed strangely cold to him. He then tore off her dress, took off his trousers and penetrated her forcefully. The girl was terrified, the man thought, she didn't move or say a word. She hoped that he had hurt her while deflowering her, even though that type of woman was so proud that he would never admit it. During intercourse the man had frantically groped and kissed that body which remained inert, without heat, like a silent surrender to that manifestation of authority and power.
Also in this case you could choose between a white and black cover. I ordered it online and there was no possibility to choose which book to get. It arrived with a white cover. On the corriere.it website I read the article on Special Data the presentation of Ken Follett's book in Frankfurt . There was talk of a marketing choice by Mondadori, the white cover for women and the black one for men. Therefore, according to these sublime minds, I would have a woman's book... And has Longanesi, who published Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell , made the same marketing choice? I end the article with a comparison between three covers, the dull Italian one, the English one, published by the Macmillan publishing house even in a box set, and the American Dutton one.
But couldn't they have left the original cover in Italy? I'm tempted to buy this boxed version...nd he had accepted her request, already enjoying that fresh and immaculate body. When she entered the bedroom, completely shrouded in darkness, she smelled the scent of freshly picked flowers and other fragrances that she couldn't recognize. She glimpsed the woman's form, motionless under her sheets. He caressed her face, which seemed strangely cold to him. He then tore off her dress, took off his trousers and penetrated her forcefully. The girl was terrified, the man thought, she didn't move or say a word. She hoped that he had hurt her while deflowering her, even though that type of woman was so proud that he would never admit it. During intercourse the man had frantically groped and kissed that body which remained inert, without heat, like a silent surrender to that manifestation of authority and power.