bambi a life in the woods by felix salten

Salten intended this book to be read by adults. I personally think the story is far too sophisticated and gloomy for children but might be more appropriate for the YA age group. My second reading was an unabridged version translated by Whittaker Chambers and I came away with a much more favorable impression of the writing and the story. After unwittingly borrowing and reading a recently translated abridged copy on HOOPLA, which I thought was horrible, I figured out my error.

Just a word of caution if you plant to read this, as there are various translations available and some versions are abridged too.

Bambi learns the most from an older male deer, who every so often seeks out Bambi to teach survival strategies, including how to outwit 'He' which is the animal's term for a human. Bambi is first cared for by his mother and as he gains more independence, eventually chooses a mate.

Salten's beautifully descriptive and subtle writing is deceiving, as the story contains underlying themes of fear, survival, death, war and religion.īambi, a male roe deer, first appears as a newborn and by the end of the book is older and turning gray. Although some anthropomorphism is used, Salten's story is a far cry from the cutesy, sanitized version presented by Walt Disney decades later. OL4459275W Page_number_confidence 94.30 Pages 230 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 300 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210109182544 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 552 Scandate 20210107032849 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 0340024666 Tts_version 4.Originally published in Berlin during 1923 and then translated to English by Whittaker Chambers for US publication during 1928, Bambi remains a popular children's classic. Urn:lcp:bambilifeinwoods0000salt_u5e7:epub:61fbff5c-ed3f-475c-be07-3f6a82434f2e Foldoutcount 0 Identifier bambilifeinwoods0000salt_u5e7 Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t1sg2qw1m Invoice 1652 Isbn 0340024666ĩ780340024669 Ocr tesseract 4.1.1 Ocr_detected_lang en Ocr_detected_lang_conf 1.0000 Ocr_detected_script Latin Ocr_detected_script_conf 1.0000 Ocr_module_version 0.0.10 Ocr_parameters -l eng Old_pallet IA-NS-2000185 Openlibrary_edition Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 13:06:53 Associated-names Chambers, Whittaker Wilson, Maurice E Boxid IA40031711 Camera Sony Alpha-A6300 (Control) Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier

Bambi a life in the woods by felix salten