tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104390172898098755.post6831253016604407353..comments2023-03-23T09:54:01.652+00:00Comments on Bloggerel - Alma Books and Alma Classics: Fantastic Night & other stories by Stefan Zweig – the jury is inAlessandro Gallenzihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07017178111697569486noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104390172898098755.post-5452873562107737622009-02-03T09:52:00.000+00:002009-02-03T09:52:00.000+00:00I for one broadly agree with the blogger's sentime...I for one broadly agree with the blogger's sentiments about straplines which cheapen or dumb down classic works. And I think the "A meets B" formula is trite, facile and irritating. If the Zweig story is indeed a retelling of the Cinderella story, it would be nice to see this fact formulated in a more original and eloquent manner. And I also personally don't see much value being added by a Neil Tennant endorsement, but if it works for you...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4104390172898098755.post-75324284735088226632009-02-02T08:13:00.000+00:002009-02-02T08:13:00.000+00:00This blogger hasn't read the book, so won't realis...This blogger hasn't read the book, so won't realise that it is in fact a re-telling of the Cinderella story - set in Austria in the inter-war years. <BR/><BR/>And what exactly is indecent about a quote from Neil Tennant, who reviewed the book on his blog as follows:<BR/>“Just finished reading this beautiful, fast-moving, tragic novel. Written in the 1930s...it will haunt me for a long while”?<BR/><BR/>I'm the publisher and genuinely bemused why anyone could take offence at any of this.<BR/><BR/>Mark Ellingham, Sort Of BooksUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04877221132941891139noreply@blogger.com