The volume represents a very personal and original approach to the central questions in adaptation theories; it is outstanding not only through the complexity of the subject matter, but also through the novelty of the theoretical and critical perspectives it employs. The research moves the focus on the importance of the social and cultural context of the adaptation process and of the reception moment, as well as on understanding the process of adaptation as cultural translation, with ethical and sociological implications. An extremely important contribution is the transfer of the discussion from a strictly Anglo-Saxon cultural context to a global one, which includes adaptations produced by RAI Television, for example, and the sociological interviews that test the Romanian reaction to adaptations. The whole approach is characterized by the prowess of the questions it raises.