vintage uk – Three Percent /College/translation/threepercent a resource for international literature at the University of Rochester Mon, 16 Apr 2018 17:39:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 Curious Idea /College/translation/threepercent/2007/07/25/curious-idea/ Wed, 25 Jul 2007 16:33:09 +0000 http://www.wdev.rochester.edu/College/translation/threepercent-dev/2007/07/25/curious-idea/ In September Vintage UK is relaunching its Vintage Classics line, and to promote this, ten will be made available.

A Vintage Twin—in case you’re wondering—“consists of two books: a specially designed limited edition of one modern classic title and one established classic work. The books have been carefully selected to provide a thought-provoking combination.”

Labeled accordingly, there’s a Vintage Lust Twin featuring Tom Jones and The Rachel Papers, a Fantasy Twin of Alice in Wonderland and The Wind-Up Bird Chronicles, and a Satire Twin of Gulliver’s Travels and Atomised (aka The Elementary Particles), to name a few.

Interesting idea, especially since it’s a “2 for 1” deal and the “literary classic” is free. Not sure that this will act as a gateway drug hooking readers on the rest of the series, but there is something interesting about pairing books and highlighting the particular aesthetic, or style, or whatnot, linking a classic book and a contemporary one.

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