PRAISE FOR THE FIRST EDITION:

"The best English translation."--Franco Fido, Harvard University

"A literary masterpiece. Perella's translation is excellent and is unlikely to be surpassed."--Ernesto G. Caserta, Duke University

"The real Pinocchio offers pleasures never hinted at by Disney.... A masterful blend of realism and fantasy."--Voice Literary Supplement

"Perella's opening essay is no mere 'introduction'; it is the fullest exposition of the novel ever to appear in English.... Enormously rewarding."--The Pinocchio Catalogue