Tales through the telephone

Gianni Rodari

Fairy tales about the fantastic, too big, miraculous, unjust and pointless world. Just like children would write them.

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Original title: Favole al telefono
Published: 06/10/2016
Page count: 196
Binding: Hardback
ISBN: 978-80-8150-138-8
Recommended price: 14.00 €

Gianni Rodari (1920 — 1980)

Italian writer and journalist, most famous for his children's books, notably Il romanzo di Cipollino. For his lasting contribution as a children's writer he received the biennial Hans Christian Andersen Medal in 1970. Rodari was born in Omegna, a small town on Lake Orta in the province of Novara in northern Italy. His father, a baker, died when Rodari was only eight. Rodari and his two brothers, Cesare and Mario, were raised by his mother in her native village, in ... More.

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