The art of publishing novellas
Summer reading often means reading in places congenial to relaxed concentration yet unfriendly toward books themselves. Often I choose small books to read on the lawn opposite the office during lunch, or on the beach at weekends. Melville House Book�s series The Art of the Novella couldn�t be more useful in this regard. Right now I�m reading Michael Kohlhaas by Kleist. Once that’s read, I will go on to Guy de Maupassant�s The Horla, newly translated by Charlotte Mandell, before leaping into the unknown by reading some classic British literature: RL Stevenson�s The Beach at Falesa. Only trouble is, it�s raining in England.
The books also have those flaps that can act as bookmarks. Do they have a name?
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Ismo Santala
June 30th, 2005
French flaps:
“Trade pb covers with inturned “front flaps” and “back flaps”, as if the cover were covering boards, except it isn’t. A bit of fancy packaging ostentation.”
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