Tuesday, December 21, 2010

Hardcover vs Paperback 112

Juliet, Naked by Nick Hornby

Hardcover

Paperback


Nick Hornby returns to his roots-music and messy relationships-in this funny and touching new novel which thoughtfully and sympathetically looks at how lives can be wasted but how they are never beyond redemption. Annie lives in a dull town on England's bleak east coast and is in a relationship with Duncan which mirrors the place; Tucker was once a brilliant songwriter and performer, who's gone into seclusion in rural America-or at least that's what his fans think. Duncan is obsessed with Tucker's work, to the point of derangement, and when Annie dares to go public on her dislike of his latest album, there are quite unexpected, life-changing consequences for all three.

Nick Hornby uses this intriguing canvas to explore why it is we so often let the early promise of relationships, ambition and indeed life evaporate. And he comes to some surprisingly optimistic conclusions about the struggle to live up to one's promise.

I'm all about the vintage look of the paperback. Something about the earbuds for eyes on the hardcover just does not work. 

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3 comments:

  1. my vote is for the Hardcover. [:
    I like the headphones and how to make the shape of the faces =D

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  2. The earbuds as eyes kind of freak me out. Do not like.

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