A Bag Of Marbles Book

I thought it was a great book that i am going to recommend to my grandchildren.

A bag of marbles book.

A bag of marbles is joseph joffo s most famous book. 5 0 out of 5 stars loved bag of marbles. A bag of marbles joffo s best known work was adapted into a 1975 film of the same name. A bag of marbles joseph joffo snippet view 1974.

In it the author recounts the journey he and his brother maurice both still children undertook to flee the nazis who were occupying france at that time. A bag of marbles by joseph joffo is a truly amazing story of how the author himself and his brother maurice travel throughout france and other parts of europe in 1941 to escape nazi capture. I hope they enjoy it as much or more than i did. The book i read is called bag of marbles and it is about world war 2 and the nazis.

Ten year old joffo flourishes in paris and has many friends who are both jewish and non jewish. 0226400697 isbn 13. This autobiographical work was first published in 1973 and covers the years 1941 to 1945. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Though the war has raged for two years in europe france remains relatively unscathed. Minor wear on clean dj which is protected by clear plastic and is glued to the pastedowns. Then 1941 comes and the nazis have came to paris and taken over because of this you have had a huge chunk of your childhood taken from you. A bag of marbles french.

Joffo was refused by many publishers before being encouraged by the newly founded publishing house éditions jean claude lattès to get. Readers will instinctively find themselves rooting for these children caught in the whirlwind of world war ii. Published by university of chicago press 2001 isbn 10. Showtimes tickets press and more.

There is very occasional soil in the book s margins. A bag of marbles. Buy a bag of marbles univ of chicago pr ed. 9780226400693 from amazon s book store.

Official website for a bag of marbles based on the best selling french novel un sac de billes by joseph joffo. Reviewed in the united states on february 2 2019. Imagine it is 1940 and you live in paris france and you are a young boy who loves to play marbles with his friends. The book begins in paris in 1941.

Un sac de billes is a second world war autobiographical novel by the french jewish author joseph joffo it tells the story of his flight as a small boy with his brother maurice to escape from nazi occupied france to the zone libre. Book is just a little shaken and cocked binding is clean and unworn.