The Friday Face-Off: Party/Celebration

The Friday Face-Off was created by Books by Proxy, where each week bloggers can showcase books with covers centered around a weekly theme. You can visit Lynn’s Books for a list of upcoming themes. Join in the fun each Friday by finding a book whose cover is based on the theme!

This week’s theme: “As full of spirit as the month of May.” – A cover featuring a festival/party/celebration.

I’m veering off my intended fantasy Friday Face-Off plan, because I really struggled with this theme, for some reason. I mean I know there are tons of parties in fantasy, but I couldn’t find one with the actual party on the cover. So I’m choosing one of my all time favorite books, Bel Canto by Ann Patchett. It’s more of a political thriller but it’s Patchett so the characters are the most important element of the story. The whole story revolves around a birthday party being held for a high powered politician, set somewhere in South America. And I’m not sure how well these covers will show up because all the images on Goodreads are super tiny!

U.S. paperback edition 2005 | Italian edition 2003

U.S. paperback edition 2008 | French edition 2002

Bulgarian edition 2015 | Fourth Estate edition 2001

Polish edition 2008 | Indonesian edition 2004

As for my favorite, I’m going to choose the cover I think is the most clever, the one that really gives you an idea of what this story’s about. Some of these are very misleading, although perhaps that’s to preserve the suspense! I’m choosing the Bulgarian edition for that reason. Otherwise it’s really bland and simple, but that bullet and piano design is soooo good:

Which one is your favorite? Have you read Bel Canto?

Posted May 10, 2019 by Tammy in The Friday Face-Off / 14 Comments

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14 responses to “The Friday Face-Off: Party/Celebration

  1. I think my favorite is the 2005 US… but that’s the one I read so maybe it’s just nostalgia talking.

    Curious- did you ever see the movie? I haven’t been brave enough to watch it because I figured I’d just ugly cry the whole time.

  2. I’m not even aware of this book and perhaps if I read it, my opinion would change but I really like the 2008 paperback edition. It doesn’t tell me a lot about the book but it’s pretty 🙂

  3. I struggled with this theme! I could think of a couple of celebrations/parties but couldn’t find the covers. I like your choice here but I love that crazy/chaotic French version.
    Lynn 😀

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