The Broken Ear (The Adventures of Tintin)
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 741.59493
EAN: 9780316358507
ISBN: 0316358509
Label: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Manufacturer: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 62
Publication Date: May 30, 1978
Publisher: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Reading Level: Ages 4-8
Studio: Little, Brown Books for Young Readers
Features:- ISBN13: 9780316358507
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- Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark.
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Editorial Review:Product Description:Determined to recover an Indian fetish stolen from the Museum of Ethnography, Tintin and Snowy follow a curious trail that leads to South America, revolution, and hostile jungle Indians.
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In the Tintin adventure "The Broken Ear", Belgian artist and storyteller Herge manages to work in a great many plot ideas. A South American fetish with a secret goes missing from a Brussels museum; the young reporter Tintin and a couple of bumbling but dangerous criminals set out in pursuit. The pursuit leads to the cartoonishly coup-torn Republic of San Theodoros, and ultimately to the mysterious Arumbaya tribe, deep in the South American jungle.
Although the story presents one exciting cliff-hanger after another, Herge never quites decides whether to play it as drama or comedy; the result veers eratically between high adventure and low farce. Tintin is a distinctly younger version of the high-minded, mature adventurer that he would become. Tintin's faithful dog Snowy has a prominent role in this pre-Captain Haddock adventure.
Herge published the original story in 1937. He updated the artwork in 1945, although not to the standards of his later work. The result is a quaintly dated storyline and artwork. Nevertheless, "The Broken Ear" is an entertaining early Tintin adventure and is very highly recommended to his fans of all ages.
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I started reading this book very happily (I love Tintin) but I had a terrible surprise when Tintin disguises himself as African-American so that his true identity will not be found. However, the disguise looks like a monkey!!!! He has red clown lips, strange eyes, and actually black skin! Tintin in the Congo is normally the book thought of as racist, but this is almost as bad. I guess it's a good opportunity for discussion with your kids about different time periods and incorrect beliefs about race, but you should know about this before buying the book!
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A fetish of the South American Arumbaya tribe is stolen from the Museum of Ethnography. The Arumbaya tribe live along the banks of the River Coliflor in the Republic of San Theodoros. This leads Tintin to begin his investigations leading him on anew quest. The fetish seems to have been returned but Tintin discovers that the reinstated version is a fake, as the original had a broken ear.
The plot thickens after artist Jacob Balthazar is found murdered in his room.
Through Balthazar's pet parrot, both Tintin and the Latin American criminals, Ramon and Alonso found out that Balthazar was murdered by Rodrigo Tortilla who has fled to the South American Republic of San Theodoros.
Ramon and Alonso murder Tortilla but are outwitted by Tintin who arrests them on arrival in San Theodoros, and hands them over to the authorities.
A series of hilarious mix ups regarding a series of coups and counter coups between Generals Tapioca and Alcazar, and ends up being named Colonel ?Aide De Camp to San Theodoran strongman General Alcazar.
A long battle between Tintin and the Alonso/Ramon pair see a series of failed assassination attempts and bombings, prison breakouts, kidnappings and escapes. Tintin encounters the lost explorer Ridgewell and the tribes the Arumbayas and Rumbabas.
He also gets caught up in a border war between San Theodoros and Nuevo Rico.
Again this album shows Herge's contempt for international capitalist speculators.
Eventually Tintin recovers the fetish and sees the demise of the bad guys.
Not quite as exquisitely detailed as the Cigars of the Pharaoh and the Blue Lotus or as intriguing as King Ottokar's Sceptre, it is nonetheless a great addition to your Tintin collection.
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Not as meorable as some of the later books - still quite good though
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After the great achievement of "The Blue Lotus", Herge decided to make a somewhat less ambitious (but still entertaining) book. This is one of those early books when a lot of things happen to Tintin in just a few pages. After a fetish from the South American Arumbaya tribe disappears from the Museum of Ethnology, and replaced with a fake, Tintin decides to investigate. After several escapes from death at the hand of two South American crooks that are also looking for the fetish, Tintin decides to travel to the fictional South American country of San Theodoros, is arrested on arrival on bogus charges, is saved in extremis by a revolution from a firing squad, named top aide to General Alcazar, tries to avoid war with the neighbouring country of Nuevo Rico brought on by the pressure of the oil companies, is arrested again, escapes and flees to the jungle, find the Arumbaya tribe, meet the two South American crooks again in the middle of the jungle, and so on. As in other early books by Tintin, real events inspired Herge: the war between San Theodoros and Nuevo Rico was based on the now forgotten Chaco War between Paraguay and Bolivia. Herge makes this war a conspiracy by the oil companies wishing to get to the Chaco (in the Broken Ear, Chapo) region's oil, as it was in reality. Also, arms dealer Basil Bazarof is inspired by arms dealer Basil Zaharoff. Overall, an entertaing album, though as with other early books, one misses two future characters appearing in Tintin: Captain Haddock and Professor Calculus.
Copyright ©2003, Mark Carey.
