The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily (New York Review Children's Collection) - Hardcover

Buzzati, Dino

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1590170768 ISBN 13: 9781590170762

Publisher: New York Review of Books, 2003

Synopsis

Dino Buzzati's classic tale chronicles the terrible winter that sent the starving bears down into the valley in search of food, as well as their struggles with an army of wild boars, a wily professor who may or may not be a magician, snarling Marmoset the Cat, and, worse still, treachery within their own ranks. Over all this, the bears triumph with bravery, ingenuity, humility, and high spirits.

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Review:

'The Bears Famous Invasion of Sicily is one of the noblest books I know.' --Lemony Snicket

'Out of Italy, which gave the world Pinocchio, has come a new and fine children's story, the kind that grown-ups borrow from kids.' --Time

'This moving story... is one that children of nine-plus will remember enjoying long after they have finished reading. A bonus is a quirky readers companion.' --Newbury Weekly News

About the Author:

The novelist, journalist and painter Dino Buzzati is one of the most important voices of twentieth-century Italian literature. He is best remembered today for his novel The Tartar Steppe and the story The Bears' Famous Invasion of Sicily, which he illustrated himself and has become a classic of Italian children's literature.

About this edition

• Publisher: New York Review of Books
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1590170768
• ISBN 13: 9781590170762
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 148