Voyages très extraordinaires de Saturnin Farandoul

The Adventures of Saturnin Farandoul
Illustration of Robida from the installation Son excellence M. Le gouverneur du pôle Nord
AuthorAlbert Robida
Original titleVoyages très extraordinaires de Saturnin Farandoul
Publication date
1879

Voyages très extraordinaires de Saturnin Farandoul ("The Very extraordinary journeys of Saturnin Farandoul") is a science-fiction novel by Albert Robida.

A parody of Jules Verne's Voyages extraordinaires, it was published in over one hundred installments[1] between 1879 and 1880.[2] It was first translated in English by Brian Stableford as The Adventures of Saturnin Farandoul. The novel proved to be very successful in Italy, where it was adapted into a 1913 Italian silent film, Le avventure straordinarissime di Saturnino Farandola, directed and interpreted by Marcel Fabre[2][3] and into a RAI TV-series starring Mariano Rigillo and Daria Nicolodi in 1977.[3][4]

A comic adaptation by Pier Lorenzo De Vita was published on Topolino in 1938 and 1940,[3][5] and a three-parts sequel starring Donald Duck in the title role, still written by De Vita and drawn by Guido Martina, was published in 1959.[3] The novel also inspired the Bonvi's comic series Marzolino Tarantola.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ Stableford, Brian (6 September 2006). Science Fact and Science Fiction: An Encyclopedia. Routledge. p. 551. ISBN 978-1-135-92374-7.
  2. ^ a b Antonio, Costa (2011). "The Extraordinary Adventures of Saturnin Farandoul". In Solomon, Matthew (ed.). Fantastic voyages of the cinematic imagination : Georges Méliès's Trip to the moon. Albany: State University of New York Press. pp. 190–9. ISBN 978-1-438-43582-4.
  3. ^ a b c d Cavallo, Gianluca (23 October 2018). "Da Saturnino Farandola a Paperino Girandola". Giornale Pop (in Italian). Retrieved 4 February 2023.
  4. ^ Damerini, Leopoldo; Margaria, Fabrizio (2001). "Saturnino Farandola". Il dizionario dei telefilm (in Italian). Garzanti. p. 495. ISBN 978-88-11-74000-1.
  5. ^ Boschi, Luca; Gori, Leonardo; Sani, Andrea. I Disney italiani: dal 1930 al 1990, la storia dei fumetti di Topolino e Paperino realizzati in Italia. Granata Press, 1990. p. 251. ISBN 978-88-7248-000-7.
  6. ^ Costa, Antonio (2002). I leoni di Schneider: percorsi intertestuali nel cinema ritrovato (in Italian). Bulzoni. p. 41. ISBN 978-88-8319-766-6.
  7. ^ De Maria, Guido (2003). Ebbene sì, maledetto Carter! (in Italian). Salani. pp. 109–11. ISBN 978-88-8451-318-2.

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