Deja Vue (again)
In the dentist's waiting room I picked up the interesting Women's Magazine 'Psychologies'. In it was a full-page advert for a book 'Leaving the World' by Douglas Kennedy:
It looked strangely familiar...
Obviously someone has come along while she was sitting there looking at her reflection in the water and thoughtfully left a cup of tea...and done a spot of weeding. And she was too absorbed to notice - vain little madam.
It is an evocative picture, but given that there are so many photographs in the world it is strange to me that publishers should so often choose the same one.
It looked strangely familiar...
Obviously someone has come along while she was sitting there looking at her reflection in the water and thoughtfully left a cup of tea...and done a spot of weeding. And she was too absorbed to notice - vain little madam.
It is an evocative picture, but given that there are so many photographs in the world it is strange to me that publishers should so often choose the same one.
8 Comments:
Brilliant! Good catch.
Thanks Maxine. :-)
Her narcissism is truly impressive!
Exactly, Debra! It must have taken them ages to do that weeding...
It is a classic image of Persephone, who brings spring into being. As she was removing the weeds of winter and replacing them with the fresh flowers of spring she drank a cup of tea brewed with the Narcissus flower. The tea made her vain and want to gaze at her own reflection.
Just a theory.
Aha! Nice idea, Paul. Maybe that cup indeed contain brewed Narcissus flower. It would explain much.
This duplication of book cover images happens quite often apparently.
I read a blog that regularly features examples -
http://causticcovercritic.blogspot.com/
That looks a great site - really interesting. Thanks, Jem.
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