surreal

Posted on Feb 2, 2010 | 10 comments

Plenty of surreal things have happened in my life. But I’m not sure I’ve ever quite felt anything like it feels to look at this:

It’s my first novel, The Bright Side of Disaster, in Czech.

It is indescribably bizarre to flip through a book that YOU wrote–and not be able to read a word. Not even guess at what the words might sound like.

The title in Czech translates to “Everything Bad Is Good For Something.” Which I love like crazy and I’m going to print up on a bumper sticker.

And one last thing: there’s an obese one-eye cat in the story named Dr. Blandon, and they put him on the back cover! Which is just about as good as it gets.

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10 Responses to “surreal”

Ninotchka says:
February 2, 2010 at 5:09 pm

Neat-o. Love the cat. Heh

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Anita says:
February 2, 2010 at 5:12 pm

How wild!!!

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Karen from Chookooloonks says:
February 2, 2010 at 5:14 pm

That cat totally makes it.

(congratulations!)

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Jet says:
February 2, 2010 at 5:15 pm

Too much fun! And I agree, the title is definitely “found in translation”. I’d buy that bumper sticker.

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Imelda says:
February 2, 2010 at 5:24 pm

That’s just awesome Katherine!!!

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Mary Harper says:
February 2, 2010 at 5:44 pm

I would LOVE that bumper sticker. And I have NEVER put a bumper sticker on my car. That’s how cool I think it is!

So, Mrs. Centerove, let me know when they’re printed and I’ll be the first on the block to buy one.

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dani says:
February 3, 2010 at 12:34 am

HA!

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julie says:
February 3, 2010 at 3:24 am

they changed the title! they even changed your name! doesn’t it make you wish you could read a translation of the translation to see what else ended up different? sooooo cool.

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angie mizzell says:
February 3, 2010 at 3:05 pm

I agree that Katherine Centerova’ has a nice ring to it.

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Cara says:
February 8, 2010 at 1:23 am

That is awesome! I love the translated name, it would make a great bumper sticker.

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