{"product_id":"pinocchio-illustrated-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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Geoffrey Brock's acclaimed new translation is reissued in an edition for children with over fifty full-page watercolors by Fulvio Testa.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/09\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590175880\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.65lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.30h x 8.90w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/16\/2012 pg. 167\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews Fall Preview\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/15\/2012 pg. 35\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSchool Library Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2013 pg. 70\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHornbook Guide to Children\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2013 pg. 72 - Marginal, Seriously Flawed\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Carlo Collodi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43166111662261,"sku":"9781590175880","price":21.21,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_401a57f0-6318-448e-9633-55617d46a89a.jpg?v=1696920488","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/pinocchio-illustrated-9781590175880","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}