The Happiness of Kati by Jane Vejjajiva (translated by Prudence Borthwick) is a beautiful gentle sad-but-happy book. It was a HUGE bestseller in Thailand and now it's a movie. How exciting!
Here are some cover images from around the world (I don't know about you, but we always find the differences from country to country fascinating!)
Our edition
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicVnDLDYHj2JJDSOURPU2pxEVGpIo00WqZKdrgSV5RdjFvxfJSLWn2LBzI0vcHaRJ7cm8w2_2ICPVUWsaHQjmPIjr4hemU4CHEcGxnQ1mDpWoLdR9Z725IplsA6zDDZigFENGzHPHEg5c/s200/Kati+Aus.jpg)
Original Thai
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTBNkFtPUfJUBTivXE8eb3RMJGTeIVADJ1byWFyQN_K5JhUkobBeSXz5Q4EjNeejhZKKC4kijZ1xM4mq9yfIrlCti8f5pjLU0Xi2Ma6KXOyqac3LkMjclf7XQbSUwSjN23v6MA6MEVGXE/s200/Kati+Thai.jpg)
US
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAAuuw8k4QuBUFLgtfqtUOw07R5NixYz4VLGUE0_-C0XRVp2x8-lkkMc1etZDYzIVT16oJarFpAzz852lplW9L3zgKfiQHhMXEHqlQ4fy3eXwo3D-gfV49pOJ37tS0Wcw2aRhrPdrj7rY/s200/kati+US.jpg)
German
2 comments:
I loved this book and the film looks lovely--true to both the story and the spirit of the book. Let's hope it gets screened here somewhere, somehow!
I loved this book too.
Love the Aus cover and the Thai cover. German cover is a bit non. Loathe the American cover, it's got worthy multicultural text for school use only stamped all over it, and it was such a lovely delicate tale, not at all worthy.
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