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[Edward Mendelson]

It's merely a strong personal view - a personal view about anything that 
represents a work of writing in a different medium, such as a painting 
or film or anything else. I feel the same way about novels that riff on 
any of Virginia Woolf's books.


People whom I deeply respect feel differently about these things, so 
I'll happily withdraw any strong language about it.


But it would be nice to have a current edition that uses the original 
semi-abstract cover designed by Vanessa Bell. It's what the author wanted.


On 8/3/2024 3:05 PM, stringsOf Light via Vwoolf wrote:
> I am a bit confused here Edward, as I don't understand in what way 
> does Alison's illustration come across to you as "vandalism"? It is 
> done in comic format, hence the change of language "Whatever, bros". 
> It is not meant to
> I am a bit confused here Edward, as I don't understand in what way 
> does Alison's illustration come across to you as "vandalism"? It is 
> done in comic format, hence the change of language "Whatever, bros". 
> It is not meant to reflect the actual chosen words in Woolf's book To 
> the Light House. This type of the cover is meant to attract the 
> audience who would not be interested necessarily in picking up Woolf's 
> book to read, perhaps not at all. It makes it quite moder, unusual, in 
> my opinion. It may not be the most fitting cover, but it definitely 
> serves a purpose. What that is, can be only answered by those who 
> would pick it up; find the cover attracting enough to want to know the 
> context of the book more.
>
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