lapsedmodernist | Dec. 31st, 2008

those of you who have read Helprin's "The Winter's Tale," which cover do you like better? The one with the horse-as-constellation over snowy evening Manhattan, or the one with the beams of light pouring in through the windows of Grand Central? The first time I read it, it was the latter edition, now I am rereading the one with the horse that I picked up at The Strand. I honestly cannot decide which one I like better. I think I like them equally. They are both such good representations of what I love about the book (and what I love in general, which has more to do with *why* I love the book).

I also found this in google images
http://www.markhelprin.com/media/jackets/mhb0015.JPG
but it seems so subpar to me as to not merit inclusion in this informal poll

the cover of the Russian translation is horrid.
http://lib.aldebaran.ru/books/helprin_mark/helprin_mark_zimnyaya_skazka/cover.jpg