Yes, that’s a “Govrland” phony on the cover of a Stephen King novel: Sie (She), the German translation of Misery. Credit goes to Rodja Pavlik for discovering this travesty. As he says, this thing isn’t going to stop any Annie Wilkes.
Phony typewriters hit a literary low
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Haha… thanks for the confirmation that it IS indeed a Govrland. And I think you are right, it seems to be made of thin sheet metal, not plastic as I wrote.
Back then when the book came out in Germany and Austria (where I live) I always wondered why it was titled "Sie" (She) and not "Elend" (the german translation for "Misery" – I didn't know then that this is also used as a name in the English spoken area). I thought it was a marketing gag to play with pronouns (kind of foreshadowing? ;-D) – because there was "Es" ("It") – and I half expected a book with the title "Er" ("He").
What! Dear oh dear. That's a disaster of a cover.
it will be interesting how you report the "fake" "selten evertype" when it debuts on your novel (which i am being super slow in designing the chapter graphics).
Travesty! :D
The Govrland is existent but phony; the Evertype is nonexistent but genuine. I'll take the Evertype!
I've never heard of a real person actually named "Misery," even though it is the name of a fictional character written by King's fictional character. Yes, I bet the German publisher wanted to capitalize on the success of "Es."
By the way, a further piece of phoniness is the crumpled-up sheet on top of the Govrland. It's obviously word-processed, not typed!
I think people think those fake typewriters are artistic for some reason.
You, Sir, you have an "Adlerauge".