Pinocchio (World's Classics) - Softcover

Collodi, Carlo

Softcover

ISBN 10: 019282340X ISBN 13: 9780192823403

Verlag: Oxford Paperbacks, 1997

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Book by Collodi Carlo

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The story of the wooden puppet who learns goodness and becomes a real boy is famous the world over, and has been familiar in English for over a century. From the moment Joseph the carpenter carves a puppet that can walk and talk, this wildly inventive fantasy takes Pinocchio through countless adventures, in the course of which his nose grows whenever he tells a lie, he is turned into a donkey, and is swallowed by a dogfish, before he gains real happiness. This new translation does full justice to the vibrancy and wit of Collodi's original. Far more sophisticated, funny, and hard-hitting than the many abridged versions (and the sentimentalized film) of the story would suggest, Ann Lawson Lucas's translation captures the complexity of Collodi's word-play, slapstick humour, and immediacy of dialogue. An adult reader will recognize social and political satire, and the invaluable introduction and notes illuminate the cultural traditions on which Collodi drew.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Oxford Paperbacks
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1997
• ISBN 10: 019282340X
• ISBN 13: 9780192823403
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 248