Book covers

My sister visited Kyiv last week, she was a moderator for a literary evening on the topic of erotica and pornography in the Ukrainian literature. It was very interesting that these issues are raised and that people care enough to express their opinions. I felt it was a bit unfair to frame the debate as one side who is for erotica and the other side who is against erotica in literature. The main issue was about taste, that sex scenes became gratuitous in the novels, to stimulate book sale. I feel that regulations will not work and that it is a passing trend: at some point Ukrainian literature (and mainly publishing houses and the audience) will mature to want something else. I think the taste needs time to develop.

My sister is an author herself, she published a book "36 Songs of Life" which was very well received by the reviewers and the audience.

My first impression of the book cover was that it was a bit risqué. This was before I saw the "companion" book cover, published by the same publishers, at the same time. Hers is in pink, the" companion" book is in blue. I find this very funny.