Conosci Pippi Calzelunghe?

بعد از ماتیلدا، که دخترها عاشقش شدن، این رو شروع کردم براشون خوندن. طنز ماتیلدا با دعوا و خشونت همراهه. مدیر و پدر و مادر ماتیلدا دعواش می‌کنن و این دعواها به فضای کمیک کشیده می‌شه. اما طنز پی‌پی، حداقل تا اینجا متفاوته. طنز پی‌پی به خاطر خل‌وچل بازی‌های پی‌پیه. مثلاً فصل اول پی‌پی پنکیک درست می‌کنه Leggi tutto

[Original review, Sep 4 2018] I'm trying to improve my miserable Italian, and when we were in Italy a couple of weeks ago I bought a bunch of children's books, intending to use my normal method of just reading them without a dictionary and picking things up. So far, it's working well. I loved Il Mago Leggi tutto

4,5 Sterne Pippi Langstrumpf - wer kennt sie nicht? Ein zeitloses Kinderbuch, das immer wieder Spaß macht. Pippi ist einfach einzigartig. Eigentlich ist ihre Geschichte ziemlich traurig. Die Mutter ist ein Engel, der Vater ein Südseekönig - wie sie immer sagt. Heißt, Pippi ist eigentlich ganz alleine. Leggi tutto

Since I love Scandinavian authors and review many Swedish and Norwegian novels, I'm often asked what the best language is if you're planning to read one in translation. It's early days yet, but I'm starting to feel more and more certain that the answer is German. Just like Komet im Mumintal , whi

Published in English as Pippi Longstocking Where do I even start? Should I open with a standard guilty disclaimer for disliking yet another childhood staple? How about a shameful admission that reading between the lines has never worked for me? Or perhaps a simple statement about being too old to enj Leggi tutto