Crimen y castigo

Save the Story

by A.B. Yehoshua, Sonja Bougaeva (Illustrator), Sonia de Pedro (Translator)

Grandes escritores, pequeños lectores, historias inmortales

Salvar a los clásicos del olvido, con la ayuda de grandes escritores de hoy. Éste es el sentido de «Save the Story», una colección ideada por Alessandro Baricco, al cuidado de la Scuola Holden para futuros escritores, que el propio Baricco fundó y dirige, y publicada por el grupo L’Espresso, en la que se contarán, en volúmenes de unas cien páginas, grandes historias del patrimonio literario universal. Los autores seleccionarán las escenas más emocionantes y significativas de los libros en cuestión y las interpretarán con un lenguaje contemporáneo. Todos ellos contarán con ilustraciones a cargo de diseñadores de gran talento.

Un objetivo básico es acercar los clásicos a las nuevas generaciones, pero es un proyecto pensado para toda la familia: para el lector culto, para uno más perezoso, y sobre todo para que los padres lean el libro a los niños a partir de seis años.

Y con la idea, quizá un poco loca, quizá sensata, de contar a los niños del Tercer Milenio, empachados de televisión, internet y videojuegos, las historias quehan fascinado a nuestros bisabuelos.

La colección se inició con cuatro clásicos de extraordinario interés contados por cuatro celebradísimos autores contemporáneos: Don Juan explicado por Alessandro Baricco, Los Novios explicado por Umberto Eco, Cyrano de Bergerac explicado por Stefano Benni y La Nariz explicado por Andrea Camilleri. Ahora presentamos dos volúmenes más:

La historia de Crimen y castigo explicada por Abraham B. Yehoshúa, con special thanks a Fiódor M. Dostoievski. Ilustrada por Sonja Bougaeva.

La historia de Gilgamesh explicada por Yiyun Li, con special thanks a los sumerios. Ilustrada por Marco Lorenzetti.

Genres: Fiction, Russia

96 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2011

About the author

Abraham B. Yehoshua (Hebrew: א.ב. יהושע also: אברהם ב. יהושע) is one of Israel's preeminent writers. His novels include A Journey to the End of the Millenium, The Liberated Bride, and A Woman in Jerusalem, which was awarded the Los Angeles Times Book Prize in 2007.

Reviews

[grllopez ~ with freedom and books · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant! I'm totally in favor of writing juvenile versions of the classics for kids. The author, Yehoshua, did a marvelous job maintaining a kid-size version of the plot of this excellent Russian classic, Crime and Punishment. My kids are 10 and 12, and they cheered each time I told them we could read some more. They could have read it themselves, with a little help with the Russian names, but I wanted to read it with them b/c this is one of my favorite novels.

This is part of the Save the Story series, and I ordered others within the series from my library to read with my kids.

I realize I chose the audio book on Goodreads, but we read a hard copy.

[Jen · Rating 4 out of 5]

Was such a good book, literally could ready it in under two hours, great if you don't have the time or energy to actually read the Russian classic; Crime and Punishment.

[Ümit Mutlu · Rating 3 out of 5]

Evet kabul, çok zor iş. Ama yine de daha iyi olabilirdi bence.

Bir de zaman kipine bir türlü karar veremeyen çevirmen ve editöre selamlar...

[Mikhael Hayes · Rating 3 out of 5]

Picked this up from the discount shelf at a bookstore. I’m not sure who’s gonna read it. It’s packaged like a children’s book, with lovely illustrations and all, but the content is very adult. Even the language used is complex, so a kid definitely won’t be able to read this; although it’s formatted well for serialized bedtime stories.

[Ana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Finalmente consegui ler um livro em italiano até ao fim! Sim, tive de me voltar para livros infantis, mas fiquei também a conhecer um clássico de Dostoevskij. E é incrível como se consegue contar uma história pesada como esta às crianças (e não só). Gostei imenso.

[Iro]

A very interesting idea, to save the story, through very simple language, though great storytelling. Can't think of a better way for a kid to appreciate Mr. Fyodor Dostoyevsky.

[airy xie · Rating 5 out of 5]

The first Fyodor Dostoyevsky related I ever read.

I read it just to know the big story about Crime and Punishment in need to understand a certain song because I don't have enough time to read the real one.

As this book is for children, th language is simple and light. I wonder will the real one also easy to read for non-English speaker?

Could we read it in children? Yes. The content might be hard, but to serve in such easy language will help children understand without heartbroken.

[Steve Horan · Rating 5 out of 5]

After recently reading one of the all-time Tussian classics as part of a class, I picked up this children’s version of the story based on the recommendation of the teacher of the class. While not an obvious choice to make this into a children’s story based on the mature themes of the original, it worked while keeping the major plot lines intact.

On to more works in my Dostoevsky project.

[Charles · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little bit like a summary, but it's a fine summary and a beautiful book.

[Zahirah · Rating 4 out of 5]

A respectable adaptation considering the serious themes. I wish there are more illustrations.

[Jennie Collison · Rating 5 out of 5]

A fantastic smaller version/summary of the original book

[Dila · Rating 5 out of 5]

Okuduğum ilk uyarlanmış klasik kitaptı. Suç ve Ceza'yı çok iyi uyarlanışlardı.