{"product_id":"9781590172896","title":"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. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.","brand":"Carlo Collodi","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US) \/ New York Review Books \/ 2008-11-18","offer_id":43632654647551,"sku":"9781590172896","price":16.5,"currency_code":"CAD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0329\/9075\/7001\/files\/BNCImageAPI_b4e76fe2-44a8-4aa2-a244-cc4ed8cb3f50.jpg?v=1732305144","url":"https:\/\/riverbookshop.com\/products\/9781590172896","provider":"River Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}