Quick Overview
What a fruitful and animated world of human like vegetables is created in Rodari's work! Just take a look at the names of the inhabitants of that garden kingdom: Cipollini - the little onion, Signor Tomato, Prince Lemon which speaks of the traits and habits of their bearers. The real and fictive worlds interweave and poignant and acute humor fills the pages which doesn't prevent the author from addressing the gravest problems including tolerance and peace between different strata of society.