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Article makes no claim to notability and does not meet
WP:GNG or
WP:NBOOK. Cited reviews include a user-submitted review for the Guardian and a Publishers Weekly press blurb. I've found no independent, reliable reviews or other evidence of notability.
Skeletor3000 (
talk)
18:37, 3 December 2019 (UTC)reply
CommentWP:NBOOK only considers translations to be a measure of notability for academic texts. I considered the book's potential importance in non-English markets during
WP:BEFORE, and attempted to find Spanish-language reviews or mentions of the book, which yielded similar results to the English-language search. Admittedly, my search methods might not be the most effective. Are there any sources you could provide that demonstrate the book's notability in non-English language markets? Thanks.
Skeletor3000 (
talk)
20:26, 3 December 2019 (UTC)reply
Commenthere is a review in Italian written by Angela Bianchini, a journalist of
La Stampa (one of the most popular Italian newspapers), on Tuttolibri, its weekly supplement about books and literature.
here there are some info about the book provided in French by a Quebec coopérative des Librairies indépendantes du Québec (coop of indipendent booksellers of Quebec).--
Pampuco (
talk)
21:25, 3 December 2019 (UTC)reply
Comment Thanks for your response. I've been unable to access the review even after making an account with La Stampa, but from the small amount I can access, it seems to be the sort of RS coverage we need. The second source appears to be a sales blurb consisting almost solely of plot details. I hope other editors reading this discussion will also try their hand at verifying the existence of substantial RS on the subject.
Skeletor3000 (
talk)
22:02, 3 December 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep. This book meets
WP:NBOOK criteria #1. It has received reviews from the Italian newspaper La Stampa (
[1]), science fiction and fantasy magazine Tor.com (
[2]), literary news magazine Publishers Weekly (
[3]), and book review magazine Kirkus Reviews (
[4]). These make up multiple reviews from independent and reliable sources. The book was also subject of a review in British newspaper The Guardian (
[5]), although it was a reader-submitted review as part of the The Guardian's children's book site (
[6]).
MarkZusab (
talk)
00:53, 4 December 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep Reviews in Publisher's Weekly and Kirkus, and also coverage in
Horn Book alone suggests notability. Listings in libraries across the world for the various language editions also suggests notability. Best,
Barkeep49 (
talk)
19:36, 4 December 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep, meets
WP:NBOOK and
WP:GNG, in addition to the reviews listed above, there are reviews by Library Journal - "Spanish novelist Zafon's (The Prisoner of Heaven) cinematic writing ensnares the listener in a supernatural snow globe of altered reality both hypnotic and beguiling.", School Library Journal (star review) - "With elements of romance, mystery, and horror, none of them overwhelming the other, this complex volume that hints at Mary Shelley's Frankenstein manages to weave together three separate stories for a cohesive and eerie result.", Booklist - "Originally published in Spain in 1999, this sweeping gothic mystery from Zafon ..."
(reviews are here), plus there are others but this will do:)).
Coolabahapple (
talk)
13:48, 5 December 2019 (UTC)reply
The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the debate. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
talk page or in a
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The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposed deletion of the article below. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page (such as the article's
talk page or in a
deletion review). No further edits should be made to this page.
Article makes no claim to notability and does not meet
WP:GNG or
WP:NBOOK. Cited reviews include a user-submitted review for the Guardian and a Publishers Weekly press blurb. I've found no independent, reliable reviews or other evidence of notability.
Skeletor3000 (
talk)
18:37, 3 December 2019 (UTC)reply
CommentWP:NBOOK only considers translations to be a measure of notability for academic texts. I considered the book's potential importance in non-English markets during
WP:BEFORE, and attempted to find Spanish-language reviews or mentions of the book, which yielded similar results to the English-language search. Admittedly, my search methods might not be the most effective. Are there any sources you could provide that demonstrate the book's notability in non-English language markets? Thanks.
Skeletor3000 (
talk)
20:26, 3 December 2019 (UTC)reply
Commenthere is a review in Italian written by Angela Bianchini, a journalist of
La Stampa (one of the most popular Italian newspapers), on Tuttolibri, its weekly supplement about books and literature.
here there are some info about the book provided in French by a Quebec coopérative des Librairies indépendantes du Québec (coop of indipendent booksellers of Quebec).--
Pampuco (
talk)
21:25, 3 December 2019 (UTC)reply
Comment Thanks for your response. I've been unable to access the review even after making an account with La Stampa, but from the small amount I can access, it seems to be the sort of RS coverage we need. The second source appears to be a sales blurb consisting almost solely of plot details. I hope other editors reading this discussion will also try their hand at verifying the existence of substantial RS on the subject.
Skeletor3000 (
talk)
22:02, 3 December 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep. This book meets
WP:NBOOK criteria #1. It has received reviews from the Italian newspaper La Stampa (
[1]), science fiction and fantasy magazine Tor.com (
[2]), literary news magazine Publishers Weekly (
[3]), and book review magazine Kirkus Reviews (
[4]). These make up multiple reviews from independent and reliable sources. The book was also subject of a review in British newspaper The Guardian (
[5]), although it was a reader-submitted review as part of the The Guardian's children's book site (
[6]).
MarkZusab (
talk)
00:53, 4 December 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep Reviews in Publisher's Weekly and Kirkus, and also coverage in
Horn Book alone suggests notability. Listings in libraries across the world for the various language editions also suggests notability. Best,
Barkeep49 (
talk)
19:36, 4 December 2019 (UTC)reply
Keep, meets
WP:NBOOK and
WP:GNG, in addition to the reviews listed above, there are reviews by Library Journal - "Spanish novelist Zafon's (The Prisoner of Heaven) cinematic writing ensnares the listener in a supernatural snow globe of altered reality both hypnotic and beguiling.", School Library Journal (star review) - "With elements of romance, mystery, and horror, none of them overwhelming the other, this complex volume that hints at Mary Shelley's Frankenstein manages to weave together three separate stories for a cohesive and eerie result.", Booklist - "Originally published in Spain in 1999, this sweeping gothic mystery from Zafon ..."
(reviews are here), plus there are others but this will do:)).
Coolabahapple (
talk)
13:48, 5 December 2019 (UTC)reply
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