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10 anos con Mafalda / 10 Years with Mafalda (Spanish Edition)

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When I first read "Mafalda" I was about 6 years old. That afternoon I have had an eye-exam, so the doctor put me those drops that make you see funny. So I asked my sister to read something from our newest book, a gift from our youngest uncle, so she did. She had some troubles with such unusual 'bedtime' story, every page she turned just kept more awake, and we laughed together with jokes we didn't really understand in their full meaning. Next morning at school my classmates asked me about the eye-exam, but my inmediate reply was about that thick book my 8 years old sister couldn't hold still... 'you know that be are upside down, and so many ideas drop out from our head to the space because of that...' and invented my own story of the what I heard the night before. We simply enjoy it all: the drawings, Mafalda's friends, the little turtle (burocracy), the soda-motion, her imagination was inspiring for us. I was so much cautivated by this caracter, that Mafalda became part of my games. Some years later (22 to be exact), I decided to send a gift to my sister for her 31st birthday, so I picked that book, that was 2 months ago... and still I keep telling myself 'this X-mas after I have read and lived again every emotion this book has awaken on me at age 6, at age 10, at age 15, at age 27... I will definetly give my sister this fine present' (will I?) It is wonderfull to share with the family and friends, it's a complete synopsis (pardon me for such a timid word) about the 60's and early 70's.

This book is good, but I bought it thinking it was the complete collection of comics as you can find in little books (12 issues). This is not the complete collection, therefore, I think that "Todo Mafalda" is better.

I grew up reading Mafalda, and it is amazing to see how the political and social criticism that made us laugh 20 years ago still as valid today as it was back then. I was expecting the complete collection of stories, this volume provide you only with a sample of the best of them. But still a great collectors edition item.

Este libro es estupendo me da mucho gusto pues, tengo 26 anios, y desde que tengo uso de razon mafalda a sido parte de mi vida diaria, y aun asi la mafalda no pasa de moda!

Mafalda is my favority cartoon because of many reasons. First, it is a cartoon that will last forever even thought it was written in the '70s. Second, it represents the political and social reality of many developing countries. Actually, the cartoon is ambiented in Argetina but I heard that people from Brazil, Spain, Mexico, Venezuela, and Colombia enjoy the cartoon as well. Third, you can read it over the years and you will still find other interpretations to the stories. Definitely, it is a recommendable book.

Just wanted to say that this is not only a book that tell you about the situation in Argentina in those days (in a very sutil way). This book is going to make you LAUGH. It is a briliant, smart and a sarcastic book. Its characters come to life after reading a couple of pages, and after reading the first one, you just can't stop reading the others.
I had all the book but lost them, and know I want to get them again. The problem is that the shiping lasts to long...
I don't know if I would recomend these books from people who are not spanish speakers.

Very good quality of the book and very funny. I really like reading every single cartoon, if you want to have fun when youa are reading, this the book you should have in your bookshell.

When I was a child I used to have the little Mafalda's books, I really enjoyed them. With this big book I have almost all Mafalda's Book. It excludes Mafalda 11 and 12. It is a great buy if you love Mafalda.

Mafalda's an icon...Through her words, we see a sense of humanity and realism that was hard to find when she was born...She speaks volumes about human nature, without saying much...that's her magic, that's why, 40 years on, she's still so fresh...It's a latin american classic, but her message is universal.

I read these comics back then when I was little girl.
In the 70's Mafalda was one of the most popular comics in the major newspapers in South America. Even now it is still humorous for the whole family, my children enjoy also the DVD.