Pinocchio (Paperback, Main)

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.

General

Imprint:	Nyrb Classics
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	November 2008
First published:	November 2008
Authors:	Carlo Collodi
Dimensions:	203 x 127 x 10mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	208
Edition:	Main
ISBN-13:	978-1-59017-289-6
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction
LSN:	1-59017-289-2
Barcode:	9781590172896

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