Pinocchio Pinocchio
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Pinocchio

The Adventures of a Puppet, Doubly Commented Upon and Triply Illustrated

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Publisher Description

A richly illustrated analysis from one of Europe’s greatest living philosophers.

In Pinocchio, Giorgio Agamben turns his keen philosopher’s eye to the famous nineteenth-century novel by Carlo Collodi. To Agamben, Pinocchio’s adventures are a kind of initiation into life itself. Like us, the mischievous puppet is caught between two worlds. He is faced with the alternatives of submitting to authority or of carrying on, stubbornly indulging his way of being. From Agamben’s virtuoso interpretation of this classic story, we learn that we can harbor the mystery of existence only if we are not aware of it, only if we manage to cohabit with an area of non-knowledge, immemorial and very near. Richly illustrated with images from three early editions of Collodi’s novel, this new volume will delight enthusiasts of both literature and philosophy.

 

GENRE
Fiction & Literature
RELEASED
2023
April 5
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
212
Pages
PUBLISHER
Seagull Books
SELLER
Chicago Distribution Center
SIZE
14.3
MB
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