NOSTLINGER, CHRISTINE / SAURA, ANTONIO
An international masterpiece of children´s literature, Carlo Collodi´s The Adventures of Pinocchio fisrt appeared in 1883. A fairy tale that is both modern and timeless, it has been the subject of many adaptations- literary, dramatic, theatrical, choreographic, for the cinema and television and in strip cartoon form, as well as in hundreds of translations and in music and song. The Adventures and character of Pinocchio have inspired many visual artists who have illustrated both Collodi´s original story and its many adaptations, of which Christine Nostlinger´s The New Pinocchio, illustrated by Antonio Saura, is acknowledged to be one of the best.
