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The Diary of Petr Ginz
Door Chava Pressburger
Categorie | WO II |
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Boeknummer | #195179 |
Titel | The Diary of Petr Ginz |
Auteur | Pressburger, Chava (edited by) & Jonathan Safran Foer (foreword by) |
Boektype | Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag |
Uitgeverij | Atlantic Books, London |
Jaar van uitgave | 2007 |
ISBN10 | 1843545535 |
ISBN13 | 9781843545538 |
Taal | Engels |
Samenvatting | Not since Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl has such an intimately candid, deeply affecting account of a childhood compromised by Nazi tyranny come to light. In 1941, Petr Ginz was a young teenager living in Prague with his parents and sister. Adventurous, artistic and optimistic, he wrote poems and novels and edited a children's magazine inside the work camp at Theresienstadt. Originally written in his own special code-language, Petr's diaries describe daily life for the Ginz family and document the introduction of anti-Jewish laws from a young adult's point of view - pithy and unsentimental. The writing stopped in 1942 when Petr received his summons, but the books survived in a Prague attic. They recently came to light in extraordinary circumstances and were published in the Czech R... (Lees verder)epublic in 2005 to a storm of publicity. Edited by his sister, Chava, and including background material and beautiful reproductions of Petr's artwork, this book is a classic in the making. |
Pagina's | 161 |
Conditie | Goed — Naam, plaats en datum op tweede schutblad |
Prijs | € 10,00 |
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