{"product_id":"9781590175491","title":"Pinocchio","description":"Though one of the best-known books in the world, \u003ci\u003ePinocchio\u003c\/i\u003eat 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\u003ePinocchio\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":"New York Review Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47137970618608,"sku":"9781590175491","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781590175491_p0.jpg?v=1763802846","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781590175491","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}