{"product_id":"pinocchio-illustrated-isbn-9781590175880","title":"Pinocchio (illustrated)","description":"Though one of the best-known books in the world, \u003ci\u003ePinocchio \u003c\/i\u003eat 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.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePinocchio \u003c\/i\u003ethe 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, \u003ci\u003ePinocchio \u003c\/i\u003eis an endlessly fascinating work that is essential equipment for life.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Geoffrey Brock’s acclaimed new translation is reissued in an edition for children with over fifty full-page watercolors by Fulvio Testa.\"'Though written in the nineteenth century, the original Pinocchio remains as readable as if it had been written in the twenty-first, so limpid and simple is its prose,' writes Umberto Eco in the introduction. Readers not ready to tackle the story in Italian, however, will be more than satisfied with Brock’s lovely translation, which is accompanied by new artwork from Testa. His gentle, brightly colored cartoons soften some of the darker scenes in the story...without minimizing Pinocchio’s mischievous nature.\" —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"This childhood classics has had numerous interpretations…Translator Brock gives readers Collodi's Pinocchio: a lazy troublemaker, self-centered and distractible, who remains a wooden puppet right up until the end of his adventures.…Testa's pen, ink and watercolor illustrations appear opposite the text, filling the oversized pages...Parents and libraries should welcome this edition, appealing and accessible for 21st-century children.\" —\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Disney’s sentimental depiction of Pinocchio bears little resemblance to Collodi’s unscrupulous puppet. This new translation revives the sardonic wit and black humour of the original.\" — \u003ci\u003eLondon Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"Carlo Collodi’s \u003ci\u003ePinocchio\u003c\/i\u003e…is short on Disneyesque sentimentality (there is a talking cricket, but Pinocchio squashes him), long on satire and farce. Geoffrey Brock’s superbly crafted translation and Umberto Eco’s introduction bring to life this tale of gumption and greed.\" — \u003ci\u003eO, The Oprah Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\"The superiority of the Collodi original to the Disney adaptation lies in its reluctance to make the inner motivations of the story explicit….No less than Proust’s novel in search of lost time, [Collodi’s] story is a search for his lost childhood.\" — Paul Auster\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Any [reading] list, I think, must begin with \u003ci\u003ePinocchio\u003c\/i\u003e.\" — \u003ci\u003eItalo Calvino\u003c\/i\u003eCarlo Collodi (1826–1890) was the pen name of Carlo Lorenzini. A volunteer in the Tuscan army during the 1848 and 1860 Italian wars of independence, Collodi founded a satirical weekly, \u003ci\u003eIl Lampione\u003c\/i\u003e—which was suppressed for a time by the Grand Duke of Tuscany—and became known as the author of novels, plays, and political sketches. His translation from the French of Charles Perrault’s fairy tales came out in 1876, and in 1881 his \u003ci\u003eStoria di un burratino\u003c\/i\u003e (Story of a Puppet) was published in installments in the \u003ci\u003eGiornale per i bambini\u003c\/i\u003e, appearing two years later in book form as \u003ci\u003eThe Adventures of Pinocchio\u003c\/i\u003e. Collodi, whose writings include several readers for schoolchildren, died in 1890, unaware of the vast international success that his creation Pinocchio would eventually enjoy.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Fulvio Testa is one of Italy’s most distinguished artists and illustrators and has had many exhibitions in the United States and Europe. In addition to his own prizewinning titles, he has illustrated books by authors such as Anthony Burgess and Gianni Rodari.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Umberto Eco is a professor of semiotics at the University of Bologna and the author of numerous works of fiction, literary criticism, and philosophy. His most recent books are \u003ci\u003eOn Ugliness\u003c\/i\u003e and the novel \u003ci\u003eThe Prague Cemetery\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Geoffrey Brock is the author of the award-wining poetry collection \u003ci\u003eWeighing Light\u003c\/i\u003e; the translator of books by Cesare Pavese, Roberto Calasso, and Umberto Eco; and the editor of \u003ci\u003eThe FSG Book of Twentieth-Century Italian Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e. He is currently on the faculty of the Programs in Creative Writing and Translation at the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Fulvio Testa is an internationally acclaimed painter as well as an author and illustrator of numerous children’s books including \u003ci\u003eThe Endless Journey\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eToo Much Garbage\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Long Trip to Z\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Visit\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives and works in New York City and Verona, Italy.","brand":"NYR Children's Collection","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48233476587749,"sku":"NP9781590175880","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781590175880.jpg?v=1767734803","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/pinocchio-illustrated-isbn-9781590175880","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}