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A review by romankurys
The Adventures of Dunno and his Friends by Nikolay Nosov
4.0
Clearly nothing but nostalgia here. I remember this trilogy being one of my favorite books when I was a kid growing up on Soviet Union.
It still retains most of its appeal today, and that makes me feel…cozy! That’s the word. Cozy!
You can definitely see a bit of propaganda leak through here and there but it’s not a political one so it wasn’t cringe worthy.
The story revolves around Dunno (Незнайка). A kid who doesn’t know anything, but fees a way about it and so he pretends he knows everything by speaking about other people accomplishments as his own.
Very prevalent in the story is a sense of community. Everyone is known for their own individual talents and skills, but using it to compliment everyone around them leads to a healthy and thriving community.
A message of goodness and decency. Simply written. Very relevant today, I think as we tend to go to the extremes nowadays, and this story aims to unify.
Overall, for nostalgia purposes the re-read was well worth it. For the native English speaking adults, this might not be it. Although, I think as a book to read together with your kid, this could be a great one.
Until the next book :)
Roman
It still retains most of its appeal today, and that makes me feel…cozy! That’s the word. Cozy!
You can definitely see a bit of propaganda leak through here and there but it’s not a political one so it wasn’t cringe worthy.
The story revolves around Dunno (Незнайка). A kid who doesn’t know anything, but fees a way about it and so he pretends he knows everything by speaking about other people accomplishments as his own.
Very prevalent in the story is a sense of community. Everyone is known for their own individual talents and skills, but using it to compliment everyone around them leads to a healthy and thriving community.
A message of goodness and decency. Simply written. Very relevant today, I think as we tend to go to the extremes nowadays, and this story aims to unify.
Overall, for nostalgia purposes the re-read was well worth it. For the native English speaking adults, this might not be it. Although, I think as a book to read together with your kid, this could be a great one.
Until the next book :)
Roman