Pitschi
Pitschi is a successful picture book with full-page color lithographs by the Swiss painter and book illustrator Hans Fischer (1909–1958) from the 1950s , which he originally drew and wrote for his own children. It deals with the search for identity in a playful way .
The book is about a horde of little kittens who live with old Lisette in a hut on the edge of the forest. The smallest of the cats, Pitschi , is not satisfied with her cat existence and tries out new existences. She tries herself as a rooster , goat , duck or rabbit , but then realizes in a moment of extreme danger that being a cat also has its advantages.
Book editions
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Pitschi. The kitten who always wanted something different. A sad story, but one that ends well . Wolfsbergprints, Zurich 1948
- New edition: NordSüd, Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-314-10360-5
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The kitten who always wanted to be something else. A sad story, but one which ends well (translated by Margaret K. McElderry). Harcourt, Brace and Co., New York 1953
- New translation as: Pitschi, The Kitten Who Always Wanted to Be Something Else. A Sad Story that Ends Well (translated by Marianne Martens). North-South, London / New York 1996
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Pitchi. Le petit chat qui voulait toujours autre chose. Une histoire triste mais qui finit bien (translated by Arthur Hubschmid and Jean-Henri Potier). L'École des Loisirs, Paris 1981, ISBN 2-211-08176-2
- New translation by Anne-Judith Descombey: La joie de lire, Geneva 2016, ISBN 978-2-88908-338-1
- Pitschi. Es Chätzli, where always öppis different hed wave. En truurigi Gschicht, but where good ends . Translated into Swiss German by Emil Steinberger . NordSüd, Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-314-10388-9