The Patua Pinocchio - Carlo Collodi and Swarna Chitrakar

The Patua Pinocchio by Carlo Collodi and Swarna Chitrakar / ISBN 9789383145126 / 192-page hardback, 6.75 x 9.5 inches, offset printing / published by Tara Books

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This quintessentially Indian version of a much-loved children’s classic features art from the Patua scroll tradition of West Bengal, India. Carlo Collodi’s original Italian text centres on a marionette who escapes his wooden fate and has many adventures, including a stint at sea in the stomach of a shark. This Indian version is abridged from Carol Della Chiesa’s well-known English translation, and illustrated by award-winning scroll painting artist Swarna Chitrakar.