Bambi

Description: Describes the life of a deer in the forest as he grows into a beautiful stag.

Review Quotes: "Returning to Bambi nearly a century after it was published is an opportunity to attune ourselves to its cacophony of sounds, its ripples of gossip, its characters' headbutting. The book is a rich and busy ecosystem -- much like a Viennese café." --Maddie Crum, Los Angeles Review of Books

"The novel combines a richly imagined animal world with the narrative trajectory of a Bildungsroman." --Leo A. Lensing, TLS

"Bambi articulates a tension between fear and desire, and an attempt to dominate one's emotions to avoid the pitfalls of foolishness. . . .Thanks to a new translation from Damion Searls. . .Salten's name and prose and the true, complex spirit of Bambi are finally restored." --Farah Abdessamad, Observer

"Bambi is a delicious book. Delicious not only for children but for those who are no longer so fortunate. For delicacy of perception and essential truth I hardly know of any story of animals that can stand beside this life study of a forest deer. Felix Salten is a poet." --John Galsworthy