1, different packaging
Hardcover edition mainly means that it is superior to paperback edition in packaging.
2, the process is different
Simple packaging, such as plastic packaging, rubber ring packaging, strip packaging and so on. It takes a short time and is relatively simple. Hardcover; This process is much more complicated than paperback. The general graphic shop needs to stick back glue on the cover, cover a gray board shell, stick the book twice and so on. The process is more complicated, but the texture and appearance of hardcover are much better than that of paperback.
3. Different prices
The purpose of dividing it into hardcover edition and paperback edition is mainly to sell it to buyers with different consumption levels, and paperback edition is cheaper.
This novel won the highest prize of Italian Greenzana Carver Literature Award (1998), the Top Ten Best Books Award of Taiwan Province China Times (1994), the Best Books Award of Hong Kong Boyi 15 (1994) and the Knight Award of French Literature and Art (2004).
And was selected as one of the "Top 100 China Novels in the 20th Century" by Asia Weekly. Selected as "100 Most Influential Works in 1990s" by China100 critics and literary editors. Italian Greenzana Carver Prize for Literature.