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Title: Pinocchio: New York Review of Books Children’s Collection: translated by Geoffrey Brock
Author: COLLODI CARLO
Illustrator: TESTA FULVIO (ILL)
Format: HARDCOVER
Publication date: 09/10/2012
Imprint: NEW YORK REVIEW OF BOOKS
Price: $45.00
Publishing status: Active
Publishers Weekly (07/16/2012):
\”hough 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 Italian author Umberto Eco in the introduction to Collodi’s classic story of transformation. Readers not ready to tackle the story in Italian, however, will be more than satisfied with Brock’s lovely 2009 translation, which is accompanied by new artwork from Testa. His gentle, brightly colored cartoons soften some of the darker scenes in the story such as when Pinocchio burns off his feet or the abuses he suffers after being transformed into a donkey without minimizing Pinocchio’s mischievous nature. Ages 7 14. (Oct.) Copyright 2012 Reed Business Information.
Kirkus Reviews (09/01/2012):
An old favorite–the adventures of a wooden puppet whose good heart earns him the right to be a real boy–in a newly illustrated edition of a relatively new translation. First published in Italian in the late 19th century, this childhood classic has had numerous interpretations. Today, however, most American children who know the story at all will know it from the 1939 Disney cartoon, which distorts its plot and mood and makes Pinocchio far more appealing than the original. 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. In the first 30 pages, short-tempered Geppetto has had two scratching-and-biting fights, the Talking Cricket has been smashed dead with a hammer, and Pinocchio has burned off his own feet. The violence may well not faze today’s video game-hardened readers, who will appreciate the sprightly translation. Testa’s pen, ink and watercolor illustrations appear opposite the text, filling the oversized pages. More cheerful in palette and tone than that of Roberto Innocenti’s versions (1988; 2005), this cartoonlike art lightens the overall effect. Chapter headings, repurposed as a table of contents for an unillustrated version of this translation published in 2008, have vanished, but the narrative is otherwise complete. Parents and libraries should welcome this edition, appealing and accessible for 21st-century children. (Fantasy. 8-14) COPYRIGHT(2012) Kirkus Reviews, ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Series: New York Review of Books Children’s Collection
ISBN: 9781590175880