A Bag Of Marbles Book

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 book. Reviewed in the united states on february 2 2019. Published by university of chicago press 2001 isbn 10. Readers will instinctively find themselves rooting for these children caught in the whirlwind of world war ii. A bag of marbles.

Official website for a bag of marbles based on the best selling french novel un sac de billes by joseph joffo. 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 i read is called bag of marbles and it is about world war 2 and the nazis. A bag of marbles joseph joffo snippet view 1974.

A bag of marbles joffo s best known work was adapted into a 1975 film of the same name. I thought it was a great book that i am going to recommend to my grandchildren. Showtimes tickets press and more. 5 0 out of 5 stars loved bag of marbles.

Joffo was refused by many publishers before being encouraged by the newly founded publishing house éditions jean claude lattès to get. The book begins in paris in 1941. The beginning of the book starts off during what would seem to be any ordinary day for a ten year old boy who has just lost a game of marbles to his twelve year old brother outside their father s. Ten year old joffo flourishes in paris and has many friends who are both jewish and non jewish.

Minor wear on clean dj which is protected by clear plastic and is glued to the pastedowns. 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. 9780226400693 from amazon s book store. 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.

Though the war has raged for two years in europe france remains relatively unscathed. This autobiographical work was first published in 1973 and covers the years 1941 to 1945. A bag of marbles is joseph joffo s most famous book. A bag of marbles french.

There is very occasional soil in the book s margins. Book is just a little shaken and cocked binding is clean and unworn. 0226400697 isbn 13. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders.

Buy a bag of marbles univ of chicago pr ed. Previously out of print this book is a captivating and memorable story.