Pinnochio
Pinocchio
By Carlo Collodi
136 pages; New York Review of Books
Just be glad he's not yours: that prevaricating boy toy with a nose for mischief. Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio, first published serially in Italy from 1881 to 1883, 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.
By Carlo Collodi
136 pages; New York Review of Books
Just be glad he's not yours: that prevaricating boy toy with a nose for mischief. Carlo Collodi's Pinocchio, first published serially in Italy from 1881 to 1883, 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.
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