Review: The Fantastic Adventures of Baron Munchausen

The Fantastic Adventures of Baron Munchausen by Heinz Janisch
My rating: 0 of 5 stars

I suppose it is a very ungrateful job to write old tales in a new way. The adventures of Baron Munchausen came to my life thirty years ago and are here to stay, incorporated into my perception of the world. This book... I am not quite sure what to think of it. "When I am cut, I endure, but when supplemented, it becomes intolerable." It was the only book about Munchausen in the library though, so I picked it up to read to my son. And he enjoyed it. But as it happens, tomorrow we'll have an older book, written by Rudolf Erich Raspe and illustrated by Gustave Doré. We'll see which one he likes more. Though this will also be in English and the English spelling of Baron Münchhausen's name jars me.

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