Enormously rewarding.- The Pinocchio CatalogueĪbout the Author Nicolas J. Perella's opening essay is no mere 'introduction' it is the fullest exposition of the novel ever to appear in English. A masterful blend of realism and fantasy.- Voice Literary Supplement The real Pinocchio offers pleasures never hinted at by Disney. Perella's translation is excellent and is unlikely to be surpassed.-Ernesto G. The best English translation.-Franco Fido, Harvard UniversityĪ literary masterpiece. This bilingual edition includes over 130 drawings by the original illustrator, Enrico Mazzanti.įrom the Back Cover PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION: It also represents the first time the whole story has appeared in English.

Enormously rewarding.'-'The Pinocchio Catalogue 'īook Synopsis Perella's translation and introductory essay capture the wit, irony, ambiguity, and social satire of the original nineteenth-century text, finally reclaiming Pinocchio for adult readers. 'Perella's opening essay is no mere 'introduction' it is the fullest exposition of the novel ever to appear in English. A masterful blend of realism and fantasy.'-'Voice Literary Supplement ' 'The real Pinocchio offers pleasures never hinted at by Disney. Perella's translation is excellent and is unlikely to be surpassed.'-Ernesto G. Trying to get rid of the potential liability as soon as possible, he gives it to a poor man named. No sooner had he started cutting the wood that it began to talk to him, and he, understandably, became a bit worried. 'The 'best 'English translation.'-Franco Fido, Harvard University The Adventures of Pinocchio begins in Italy, where a carpenter gets a log of pine wood in order to fashion a leg for a table. About the Book PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION:

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