Almost a year after it was first published by Salamandra, the Spanish edition of BOY, titled EL NINO CON EL PIJAMA DE RAYAS, has returned to the no.1 position. It’s now sold more than a million copies in Spain and shows no signs of slowing down.
The Spanish language edition of MUTINY ON THE BOUNTY will be published in October and I’ll be visiting Madrid to help promote it. More on that soon.
Well if you can, you might be interested in this interview which I recorded in Barcelona last month and which played on Spanish television recently. Watch how naturally I walk into the studio at the beginning of the video! I remember the day we shot this, my Spanish publicist and I searched in vain for the studio and when we found it, it looked to me like the kind of place where serial killers take their victims. Check out the grimy sinks if you don’t believe me. Most impressive of all though is how the interviewer disappears in the last minute of the video, after I start reading. Seriously - go to the end - one minute he’s sitting beside me and then - wow! - he’s gone!
Great news from Taiwan where the Taiwanese language edition of THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS, published by Crown, has reached no.1 in the bestseller charts. The Taiwanese edition has a very nice jacket, using the blue and white stripes of many international editions (and the original UK edition) but with some slight changes.
I notice aswell that they’ve gone for the American “Pajamas” rather than the original “Pyjamas” on the cover.
Thanks to all the booksellers in Taiwan for bringing the book to the attention of so many readers.
Great news this week from my Spanish publisher, Salamandra. Their edition of THE BOY IN THE STRIPED PYJAMAS, titled EL NINO CON EL PIJAMA DE RAYAS, has broken through the magic 1 million sales mark. The book has been in the top 3 of the bestseller charts for almost a year now. Big thanks to all the Spanish booksellers and readers who have supported the book so much.
