| The Adventures of Pinocchio Contributor(s): Collodi, Carlo (Author), Eco, Umberto (Introduction by), Brock, Geoffrey (Translator) |
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ISBN: 1590172892 ISBN-13: 9781590172896 Publisher: New York Review of Books OUR PRICE: $12.60 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: November 2008 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology - Fiction | Satire |
| Dewey: FIC |
| LCCN: 2008019734 |
| Lexile Measure: 520 |
| Series: New York Review Books (Paperback) |
| Physical Information: 0.46" H x 5.01" W x 7.97" (0.47 lbs) 208 pages |
| Accelerated Reader Info |
| Quiz #: 25833 Reading Level: 5.3 Interest Level: Middle Grades Point Value: 6.0 |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 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. |