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Bambi is quite remarkable: a meditation on powerlessness and survival told with great economy and sophistication."
---Bill McKibben, New York Times"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. . . . [The book is] bracingly free of the encrustation of sugar that the tale has accumulated over the past 100 years."
---Meghan Cox Gurdon, Wall Street Journal"Wonderful black-and-white illustrations. . . . Zipes is knowledgeable about his subject matter."
---Kathryn Schulz, The New Yorker"A lovely new hardback edition."
---Ron Charles, Washington Post"Elegant [and] uncompromising."
---Piers Torday, The Spectator"A new translation . . . it's a dark story of brutality, loss and, ultimately, loneliness."
---Richard Chin, Star Tribune"A new, more precise translation of [Felix] Salten’s original."
---Andrew Stuttaford, Spectator World"Informative. . . . A powerful tale of the destructive side of human nature and our despotic relationship to the environment."
---GrrlScientist, Forbes"[Zipes] makes a persuasive argument for rediscovering ‘The Original
Bambi.’"
---Nan Cohen, Electric Literature"With captivating drawings by award-winning artist Alenka Sottler,
The Original Bambi captures the emotional impact and rich meanings of a celebrated story." * The Bookwatch *
"This handsomely illustrated unabridged edition of an enchanting and moving fable for adults (and older children) belongs in every library." * Library Journal *
"Substantive and thought provoking. . . . Bambi’s well-written particularity offers readers universal relatability."
---Melissa Langsam Braunstein, The Dispatch"Zipes’s translation of Bambi reflects Salten’s descriptive prose, bringing the animals and their challenges to life for the reader."
---Miriam Kates Lock, Jerusalem Post"
The Original Bambi is a poignant story of youth, growth, and humans’ complicated relationship with nature; an enjoyable read for its own sake."
---Ceri Houlbrook, Folklore"[A] high quality translation. . . . [with] striking artwork. . . . [
The Original Bambi is] a high-quality example of the value added to a text via an attentive publishing process."
---Jill O'Neill, The Scholarly Kitchen"Explanatory and illumintating. . . . Zipes’s new translation . . . give[s] us back the whole rich, multilayered complexity of Salten’s story."
---Francesca Arnavas, Marvels & Tales
