{"product_id":"the-adventures-of-pinocchio-9781590172896","title":"The Adventures of Pinocchio","description":"Though one of the best-known books in the world, \u003ci\u003ePinocchio\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e Pinocchio\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003ePinocchio\u003c\/i\u003e is an endlessly fascinating work that is essential equipment for life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e New York Review of Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/18\/2008\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590172896\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 208\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.97h x 5.01w x 0.46d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/01\/2009 pg. 21\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/30\/2009 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAccelerated Reader Quiz #\/Name: \u003c\/b\u003e25833 \/ Pinocchio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/b\u003e 5.3 \/ \u003cb\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/b\u003e Middle Grade \/ \u003cb\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/b\u003e 6\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Carlo Collodi","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51445537177781,"sku":"9781590172896","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_41def923-4d3a-4366-af10-959224f67333.jpg?v=1753798879","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/the-adventures-of-pinocchio-9781590172896","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}