{"product_id":"the-adventures-of-pinocchio-isbn-9780143136095","title":"The Adventures of Pinocchio","description":"\u003cb\u003eA revelatory new annotated edition of the most translated Italian book in the world--the basis for two new major motion pictures: a Netflix animated version co-directed and co-written by Guillermo del Toro and voiced by Ewan McGregor, Cate Blanchett, and Tilda Swinton, and a Disney Plus live-action version directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks, \u003cb\u003eCynthia Erivo,\u003c\/b\u003e Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Lorraine Bracco, and \u003cb\u003eKeegan-Michael Key\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA Penguin Classic\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCarved from a piece of wood by the old carpenter Geppetto, the puppet Pinocchio comes to life and immediately starts to misbehave. But while this beloved character has achieved literary immortality, the novel has been widely misunderstood. Pinocchio has a penchant for lying, to be sure, but it’s when he avoids going to school that he repeatedly gets into trouble. \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Pinocchio\u003c\/i\u003e is thus not a cautionary tale about lying but an unusually timely fable for our increasingly authoritarian times--a story about the importance of education and of preventing others from pulling our strings.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThis effervescent new translation captures the antic spirit that makes the mischievous, egotistical, and easily distracted Pinocchio a late nineteenth-century prototype for the likes of Bart Simpson. Featuring copious annotations informed by the translators’ deep knowledge of Italy, it reveals the novel to be not only a subversively entertaining children’s book but also a sophisticated satire reflecting the author’s concern for the social inequality of his time and his belief that duty to others is at the core of our humanity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFor more than seventy-five years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 2,000 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.“A zingy new translation.” ―\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Perfectly timed. The translators . . . do justice to the story with their insightful annotations and cogent introduction. . . . Who can’t love a story as wildly inventive as [this]? Children certainly love it—and have so for nearly 150 years. But \u003ci\u003ePinocchio\u003c\/i\u003e can also grab the interest of any adult willing to engage with the story’s rich tapestry of symbolism, archetypes, and layers of meaning. . . . Should you find yourself watching all or none of the recent and upcoming film adaptations of \u003ci\u003ePinocchio\u003c\/i\u003e, this new translation from Penguin Classics is a terrific way to get reacquainted with one of the world’s most popular and important stories.” ―\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePopMatters\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Very lively . . . A fine translation in many ways, and I love the way it brings out the Italianness, and I do like the punch of it. It’s great.” ―\u003cb\u003eAnn Hallamore Caesar, \u003ci\u003eThe TLS Podcast\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A complex, unsettling novel—miles away from the morality tale that Pinocchio’s story has become . . . \u003ci\u003ePinocchio\u003c\/i\u003e harbors a strain of systemic injustice and deep betrayal. . . . Imbued with social criticism and pessimistic humor, [it] can be read, among other things, as an irreverent attack on established authority. . . . As the translators John Hooper and Anna Kraczyna note in a recent critical edition published by Penguin, it’s no coincidence that the utterance ‘\u003ci\u003ePazienza!\u003c\/i\u003e’ occurs 15 times throughout the novel. . . . It’s a quintessentially Italian admission of defeat . . . that, as Hooper and Kraczyna note, ‘echoes centuries of unwilling yet unavoidable resignation.’ ” —\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“An effort to reclaim the spirit of the original, particularly as something distinct from the animated Disney cartoon that most are familiar with . . . Their goal . . . is not dissimilar to that of Matteo Garrone in his wonderfully dark film adaptation: to demonstrate, once again, that \u003ci\u003ePinocchio\u003c\/i\u003e is far more than just a children’s story.” ―\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Week in Italy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarlo Collodi\u003c\/b\u003e (1826-1890) was the pen name of Carlo Lorenzini, an Italian author, journalist, translator, critic, and satirist from Florence who took part in Italy's struggle for independence and died too soon to witness the international success of his masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Pinocchio, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich is laced with wry comments on Italian society, some as relevant today as they were in the late nineteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Hooper\u003c\/b\u003e (translator) is Italy and Vatican correspondent of \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of the bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Italians.\u003c\/i\u003e He has reported from Italy for more than twenty years and is a lecturer at the Florence campus of Stanford University.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnna Kraczyna\u003c\/b\u003e (translator) is a native of Florence, the daughter of American artists who moved to Italy. She has taught at the Florence campuses of Stanford University and Sarah Lawrence College, and divides her time among translating, interpreting, and lecturing at American universities in her native city on the language, literature, and society of Italy.\u003cp\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTitle Page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCopyright Page\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIV\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eV\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVII\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eVIII\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIX\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eX\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXII\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXIII\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXIV\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXV\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXVI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXVII\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXVIII\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXIX\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXX\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXII\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXIII\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXIV\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXV\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXVI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXVII\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXVIII\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXIX\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXX\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXXI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXXII\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXXIII\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXXIV\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXXV\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eXXXVI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePINOCCHIO\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46300100722917,"sku":"NP9780143136095","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143136095.jpg?v=1767738013","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/the-adventures-of-pinocchio-isbn-9780143136095","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}