内容简介
Thoughoneofthebest-knownbooksintheworld,Pinocchioatthesametimeremainsunknown—linkedinmanymindstotheWaltDisneymoviethatbearslittlerelationtoCarloCollodi’ssplendidoriginal.Thatstoryisofcourseaboutapuppetwho,aftermanytrials,succeedsinbecominga“realboy.”Yetitishardlyasentimentalormorallyimprovingtale.Tothecontrary,Pinocchioisoneofthegreatsubversivesofthewrittenpage,amadcapgeniushurtledalongatthepleasureandmercyofhisdesires,arenegadewhoinmanywaysresembleshisnearcontemporaryHuckFinn.Pinocchiothenovel,nolessthanPinocchiothecharacter,isoneofthegreatinventionsofmodernliterature.Asublimeanomaly,thebookmergesthetraditionsofthepicaresque,ofstreettheater,andoffolkandfairytalesintoaworkthatisatonceadventure,satire,andapowerfulenchantmentthatanticipatessurrealismandmagicalrealism.Throngedwithmemorablecharactersandcomposedwiththefluidbutinevitablelogicofadream,Pinocchioisanendlesslyfascinatingworkthatisessentialequipmentforlife.
作者简介
CarloCollodi(1826–1890)wasthepennameofCarloLorenzini.HewasborninFlorence,wherehisfatherservedasthecookforaricharistocraticfamily;hismother,thoughqualifiedasaschoolteacher,workedasachambermaidforthesamefamily.LorenzinitookthenameCollodifromhismother’shometown,wherehewassenttoattendschool.AvolunteerintheTuscanarmyduringthe1848and1860Italianwarsofindependence,Collodifoundedasatiricalweekly,IlLampione—whichwassuppressedforatimebytheGrandDukeofTuscany—andbecameknownastheauthorofnovels,plays,andpoliticalsketches.HistranslationfromtheFrenchofCharlesPerrault’sfairytalescameoutin1876,andin1881hisStoriadiunburratino(StoryofaPuppet)waspublishedininstallmentsintheGiornaleperibambini,appearingtwoyearslaterinbookformasTheAdventuresofPinocchio.Collodi,whosewritingsincludeseveralreadersforschoolchildren,diedin1890,unawareofthevastinternationalsuccessthathiscreationPinocchiowouldeventuallyenjoy.GeoffreyBrockistheprizewinningtranslatorofworksbyCesarePavese,UmbertoEco,RobertoCalasso,andothers.HeteachescreativewritingandtranslationattheUniversityofArkansas.HisWebsiteiswww.geoffreybrock.com.UmbertoEcoisaprofessorofsemioticsattheUniversityofBolognaandtheauthorofnumerousnovelsandcollectionsofessays,includingTheNameoftheRose,Foucault’sPendulum,andmostrecently,TurningBacktheClock:HotWarsandMediaPopulism.RebeccaWestisaprofessorofItalianandofcinemaandmediaStudiesattheUniversityofChicago.SheistheauthorofEugenioMontale:PoetontheEdgeandGianniCelati:TheCraftofEverydayStorytelling,andisco-editorofTheCambridgeCompaniontoModernItalianCulture,,,,,
