PINOCCHIO

Lemony Snicket and Mike Mignola combine to reimagine PINOCCHIO, devising an entirely new way to read Carlo Collodi's classic adventure tale. In addition to a suite of over fifty exquisite original illustrations from Mike Mignola which breathe a gorgeous new life to a universally beloved and deeply bizarre book, this volume includes includes a full text annotation by Lemony Snicket, who takes the reader along with him for his own first experience of the text. The annotations are presented on typewritten sheets, inserted by Snicket as his confrontation with Collodi's text drives him slowly mad. Thirty-four bespoke letters from Snicket and a portfolio of marvelous drawings from Mignola walk you through the wilds of one of the weirdest and most magical pieces of fiction ever to be beloved by children worldwide. Across over one hundred annotations, a parallel story of a writer’s journey through this great Italian fable unfolds. Snicket isn’t here to explain PINOCCHIO, or to give you histori