"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 Saltens 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] Saltens 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. . . . Bambis well-written particularity offers readers universal relatability."---Melissa Langsam Braunstein, The Dispatch "Zipess translation of Bambi reflects Saltens 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. . . . Zipess new translation . . . give[ s] us back the whole rich, multilayered complexity of Saltens story."---Francesca Arnavas, Marvels & Tales "A magnificent achievement. . . .a timely warning from the past, and a welcome restoration of an important European novel."---Paul Quinn, Gramarye