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French "Deathly Hallows" Cover Art Revealed
Harry Potter and the Deathly HallowsMore news comes today concerning the French edition of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows we’ve been telling you about in recent weeks. A short time ago, French publishers Gallimard revealed the long awaited cover art for their edition of the seventh book in J. K. Rowling’s series. You can view this most awesome cover art by artist Jean-Claude Götting in our Image Galleries by clicking here.
This edition is scheduled to hit bookshelves October 26th.
Thanks to UHP for the heads up!
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yay! i love it! i hope the trens. comes soon! my new french frind fron france still has not read it and its killing me!!!

Yeah, amazing cover, so poetic !
For the first time I’m proud of our cover !

I’ve never been a big of the french covers and this didn’t really change my feelings. It’s a bit to boring, i think! God, i really wan’t to see the swedish cover now, because they are the most beautiful hp covers without a doubt <3>

You wanted non-spoiling mystery? You got it. This cover doesn’t say absolutely anything at all about the plot. The title, maybe a little bit. But the cover’s background doesn’t really spoil anything. All it says is he’s not at Hogwarts.

Very classy….clean, elegant, tasteful. French, in a word. The Germans should go over and take art lessons from the French.

It’s by far my all-time favourite cover for a HP book! So symbolic, so poetic, so ARTISTIC! I mean, look at the sky and the water crashing against the cliff! It’s almost a Cézanne! lol

Oh my goodness, I love it. It’s so simplistic, so…just perfect.

You’ve gotta be kidding me right? Are we looking at the same cover? Sad.

Oh, I really like it! it’s quite simple but very cool! And I think it’s something poetic. Really, really good. Now I’m just waiting for the italian cover, hoping it will not be too terrible.


Wow.. it’s so elegant and full of emotions! The illustrator did a good job!

Would it be OK if I said it’s awful? I can’t believe you people actually like it.

Wow, I like it. I agree with Roger, the German artist should take lessons from the french!!!lol.

At first I thought- that looks pathetic, but it’s REALLY growing on me. The simpleness and emotion conveyed in the cover is beautiful

As an Art Major, I find the emotional message being conveyed is quite powerful.
Though, I do find the overall presentation of such to be lacking.
In my opinion, it looks as though it was drawn by an elementary student…

Better than the German and Dutch art, at least…..It’s not spectacular but at least it’s simple and to the point, instead of the crazy Photoshop-esque business of some of the other international covers.
US cover remains to be my favorite DH cover.

Unbelievably boring. I am not looking for something overwhelming with stuff (like the UK kids version, which I did actually like). But this is just weak and uninspired. I would agree with a previous comment—it is typical French.
As poor as it is, I would also agree that the German artist could use a few lessons from the French artist.
TexasFan

Veritaserum has the Ukrainian covers and boy, do they look lovely! They look just like the trio, and if you look at the other covers from that country, they also look like Dan but more age appropriate, like they used a younger Dan from the movie images for the fourth book when he was still 14. Kind of hard to explain, as i looked at those earlier today. Anyways, i don’t like the french drawings either. I like that style of painting but not for HP.


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