Before you order a book, make sure it's printed in the language you speak. [View All]

Mrs. V. is a big fan of Adriana Trigiani. She's always waiting for her next book to come out.

I found a Trigiani book on Amazon that I had never heard of: Herbstwolken. Weird title, but that's no reason not to buy a book. Mrs. V. had never mentioned it, so I ordered it and was going to give it to her for her birthday. Big surprise. Woo hoo!

I got my big surprise today, when a package arrived from Switzerland. I thought, "Must be Adriana's book. But from Switzerland?"

I opened it and sure enough, it was Herbstwolken. I turned it over to read the back, to see what it was about, and the spine caught my eye. It was printed upside-down, with the first letter of the title at the bottom. "Well, that's weird. . . ." I looked at the back.

It was in German.

The book I'd ordered was printed in German. Its title translates Autumn Clouds -- its title as published is in the U.S. is Big Cherry Holler.

Well! I guess the German language doesn't have a forty-three syllable word that encompasses "Big Cherry" and a word meaning "Hollow" in a Southeastern American Mountain dialect. Lazy-ass translators . . . .

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