Atlante Pinocchio

The volume reconstructs for the first time the diffusion of Pinocchio throughout the world and the international success that the story of the puppet and its protagonist have had, from its publication in volume (1883) to the present day. The result of the collaboration of more than 140 scholars coordinated by the Director and the Scientific Committee, divided into 96 chapters and enriched by six rich iconographic paths, the Atlante recounts the long journey of one of the most translated books in the history of world literature. The focus of the volume is on the complete translations of Collodi's book, but there are numerous references to the presence of Pinocchio in the collective imaginary and in the social and cultural life of peoples, to the television and film versions, to the illustrations that have accompanied the various editions and to the theatrical adaptations. From the European Pinocchio to the Asian one, from the ‘black’ puppet of many translations into African languages to the character that moves between North America, Latin America and Oceania, the Atlante traces the history and geography of a book that was born in Italy but has penetrated - like no other literary text - into every corner of the planet.