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Once again, publishing laws in France screw over international readers. I'm a huge Manguel fan and was looking forward to reading this. The French-language Canadian edition (right) has additional chapters. I pre-orderd the e-book months ago. Is the French-language e-book sold in Canada the Canadian edition of the book? Of course not. It's the French version (left) sans the three chapters. If I want Canadian monsters, I have to buy paper. 😤

“Fiction is then sort of a verbal Adam molded from the primordial dust in the Author‘s image and infused by the Author with the breath of life” A.M. Manguel theorizes that fictional characters are immortalized for us and our our friends. This book is not about just monsters (it‘s a quote from Lewis Carroll) but a series of ideas of how Manguel sees these characters and how we might also. I love his books that i‘ve read and loved this book as well

Manguel can be very hit and miss for me, so let's see how this goes!