by Vamba · De Agostini · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788841514061
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«Il giornalino di Gian Burrasca» is the children's novel by Vamba, published by De Agostini in paperback (160 pages, in Italian).
Giannino Stoppani, a nine-year-old boy whom his family calls «Gian Burrasca» for his restless behavior, recounts in his diary his pranks and the punishments he receives. His antics ruin his sisters' engagements and wreak havoc at the Pierpaoli boarding school, where his honesty clashes with adult rules.
Work originally published in installments between 1907 and 1908 and in volume form in 1912. It belongs to De Agostini's Classici collection.
Aimed at readers from age 9 looking for humor and youthful rebellion.
Vamba Sherif is a Liberian-born writer residing in the Netherlands. He writes in English and Dutch. His 2015 novel The Emperor's Son deals with Samori Toure, who founded a great empire in northwestern Africa in the 19th century. Toure fought the English and the French to hold on to this empire.
