Czech publisher Fobos will publish Smrt před úsvitem, their translation of Boy’s Life, as a hardcover edition on February 22, 2023. The cover artwork can be seen below. It has been added to the Book Cover Gallery. Fobos previously published a translation of Usher’s Passing in 2021.
Smrt před úsvitem at Knihy Dobrovský
The Polish book site Booklips has published a new interview with Robert McCammon to promote the releases of the Polish editions of Speaks the Nightbird and Boy’s Life.
Read the interview in Polish on Booklips | Read the interview in English
Lots more interviews from 1981 to now can be found on the Robert McCammon Interviews page!
On April 1, 2022, Polish publisher Vesper revealed their planned cover art for their translation of Boy’s Life. The artwork was very different from covers normally associated with Boy’s Life, depicting a hand reaching for a green feather against a dark blue sky with clouds and a moon.
The response from Polish readers on Facebook was not positive. Many readers complained about the cover and said that the cover for the previous Polish release was much better.
Vesper listened, and on April 29, they posted this:
The readers responded overwhelmingly in favor of the new cover art, and Vesper announced that the book would feature the new cover art when it is published in July 2022.
The cover has been added to the Book Cover Gallery.
Polish publisher Vesper plans to release their edition of Boy’s Life in the second or third quarter of 2022. They’ve revealed the cover art for the book, which was created by Maciej Kamuda. Vesper released their translation of Speaks the Nightbird earlier this year, and they have more McCammon translations in the works.
The cover has been added to the Book Cover Gallery.
Back in August 2020, the rights to Turkish translations of Swan Song and Boy’s Life were acquired by Ithaki Publications. Thanks to Turkish reader Ahmet Okan for the heads-up, they are releasing their translation of Boy’s Life on Wednesday. They don’t have it listed on their website yet, but several Turkish bookseller sites have it listed.
The translation is by Esat Ören. The cover art is below.
French publisher Monsieur Toussaint Louverture will release a new edition of Boy’s Life on March 3, 2022. Titled Zephyr, Alabama, this hardcover edition is translated by Stéphane Carn and has previously been published several times before as Le Mystère du Lac. The ISBN is 978-2-38196-041-8.
Zephyr, Alabama at Monsieur Toussaint Louverture
Vimeo user Grace Bales posted this video in 2018. From her description:
The final project for my animation course: the introduction to Robert McCammon’s “Boy’s Life” novel.
Boys Life (Final Animation Project 2018) from Grace Bales on Vimeo.
Polish publisher Vesper has acquired the Polish translation rights to four more Robert McCammon novels: Boy’s Life, Swan Song, Usher’s Passing, and The Listener.
In 2019, Vesper acquired the rights to Speaks the Nightbird, and just a couple of days ago, they posted the planned cover art for their edition, which you can see below. The art is by Maciej Kamuda Art.
2021-12-19 update: Zew Nocnego Ptaka will be released February 28, 2022!
Zew Nocnego Ptaka on the Vesper website
Back in 2018, we reported that Russian publisher Azbooka had acquired the translation rights to five Robert McCammon novels.
They have now released their first title, a translation of Boy’s Life by translators Oleg Kolesnikov and Boris Kadnikov. You can see the wonderful cover art below. Unfortunately, I have not yet discovered the artist’s name.
