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The Adventures of Pinocchio

By Carlo Collodi

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The Adventures of Pinocchio

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Though one of the best-known books in the world, Pinocchio at the same time remains unknown—linked in many minds to the Walt Disney movie that bears little relation to Carlo Collodi's splendid original. That story is of course about a puppet who, after many trials, succeeds in becoming a "real boy.” Yet it is hardly a sentimental or morally improving tale. To the contrary, Pinocchio is one of the great subversives of the written page, a madcap genius hurtled along at the pleasure and mercy of his desires, a renegade who in many ways resembles his near contemporary Huck Finn. Pinocchio the novel, no less than Pinocchio the character, is one of the great inventions of modern literature. A sublime anomaly, the book merges the traditions of the picaresque, of street theater, and of folk and fairy tales into a work that is at once adventure, satire, and a powerful enchantment that anticipates surrealism and magical realism. Thronged with memorable characters and composed with the fluid but inevitable logic of a dream, Pinocchio is an endlessly fascinating work that is essential equipment for life.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Edition:
illustrated
Number of Pages:
208
Release Date:
2008-11-18
Publication Date:
2008-11-18
Publisher:
New York Review of Books
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1590172892
ISBN13:
9781590172896
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Minimum Reading Age:
8
Maximum Reading Age:
12
Weight:
213 g
Height:
127 cm
Width:
202 cm
Thickness:
12 cm
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