September 7, 2011 • By Dennis Abrams at Publishing Perspectives
Fall 2011 might yet turn out the best time yet for award-winning novelist Brian Selznick. The eagerly awaited film version of his Caldecott Medal-winning modern-day classic, The Invention of Hugo Cabret will be released on November 23. The movie, retitled simply as Hugo, will be director Martin Scorsese’s first venture into 3-D film.And even more importantly for book lovers, his second novel, Wonderstruck will being published on September 13th by Scholastic Press. Wonderstruck contains some 460 pages of original drawings, and will be published in simultaneously in the United States, United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia, and Canada.
To mark the event, New York’s Books of Wonder bookstore will temporarily change its name to Books of Wonderstruck. An event will be held in Selznick’s honor on Tuesday, September 13 at 6:00 to celebrate the book’s launch. The store will fly the Wonderstruck banner for the rest of the week, with signed copies of Selznick’s book and free gifts for all who purchase a copy while supplies last.
1 comment:
enjoyed this book as much or more than The Invention of Hugo Cabret. If you haven't read Hugo, buy both of the books now, sit back, and enjoy having your mind blown with how the author tells a story with words and pictures. If you read Hugo, you won't be wowed like you were when you first opened Hugo and saw the technique that Selznick uses. However, I enjoyed this story much more.
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