' makes a persuasive argument for rediscovering ‘The Original Bambi.’'-Nan Cohen, Electric Literature a powerful tale of the destructive side of human nature and our despotic relationship to the environment.'-GrrlScientist, Forbes 'A new, more precise translation of Salten’s original.'-Andrew Stuttaford, Spectator World it's a dark story of brutality, loss and, ultimately, loneliness.'-Richard Chin, Star Tribune 'Elegant uncompromising'-Piers Torday, Spectator 'A lovely new hardback edition.'-Ron Charles, Washington Post Zipes is knowledgeable about his subject matter.'-Kathryn Schulz, New Yorker 'Wonderful black-and-white illustrations. bracingly free of the encrustation of sugar that the tale has accumulated over the past 100 years.'-Meghan Cox Gurdon, Wall Street Journal 'In The Original Bambi, the distinguished translator Jack Zipes, has sought to restore both the dignity and the relevance of Salten’s vision to rescue it, in a manner of speaking, from Disneyfication.

''Bambi’ is quite remarkable: a meditation on powerlessness and survival told with great economy and sophistication.'-Bill McKibben, New York Times Ideas Podcast: “Bambi” isn’t about what you think it’s about Bambi: The lonely destiny of outsiders With captivating drawings by award-winning artist Alenka Sottler, The Original Bambi captures the emotional impact and rich meanings of a celebrated story. Jack Zipes’s introduction traces the history of the book’s reception and explores the tensions that Salten experienced in his own life-as a hunter who also loved animals, and as an Austrian Jew who sought acceptance in Viennese society even as he faced persecution.

Life in the forest is dangerous and precarious, and Bambi learns important lessons about survival as he grows to become a strong, heroic stag. Originally published in 1923, Salten’s story is more somber than the adaptations that followed it. This masterful new translation gives contemporary readers a fresh perspective on this moving allegorical tale and provides important details about its creator. For decades, readers’ images of Bambi have been shaped by the 1942 Walt Disney film-an idealized look at a fawn who represents nature’s innocence-which was based on a 1928 English translation of a novel by the Austrian Jewish writer Felix Salten. Most of us think we know the story of Bambi -but do we? The Original Bambi is an all-new, illustrated translation of a literary classic that presents the story as it was meant to be told.

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