Un Sac De Billes

Zusatztext `... the annotations are judicious and the comments persuasively on the literary! linguistic and documentary qualities of writing which is both humorous and depreciatory! retrospectively indulgent towards the conventions of the genre ... and lucid about persistent ideological realities.' - French Studies`This edition! with its thorough introduction and notes! will make an excellent set text for sixth-year pupils.' - Forum for Modern Language Studies Informationen zum Autor Joseph Joffo, Paul Brooke Zusammenfassung This largely autobiographical work describes the flight of two young Jewish boys from persecution in WW2 France. Its introduction provides an historical context to the story, and enquires into the causes of antisemitism in France in the 1940s. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction; 1940-44 The general background: from collaboration to resistance; Les Compagnons de France; From emancipation to concentration camp: anti- Jewish measures; Christian reactions to antisemitism; Joseph Joffo and Un Sac de Billes; Joseph Joffo's life and works; Characters; Autobiographical writing and retrospection Style; Symbols and structure; Humour; An assessment of Joffo's novel; Optimism and pessimism: from novel to life; NOTES TO THE INTRODUCTION; UN SAC DE BILLES; Chapters I-XI; NOTES TO THE TEXT

Product details

• Authors: Joffo, Joseph Joffo, Joffo Joseph
• Assisted by: Paul Brooke (Editor), Paul A. Brooke (Editor), Brooke Paul (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.2015
• EAN: 9781138170773
• ISBN: 978-1-138-17077-3
• No. of pages: 352
• Series: Routledge Foreign Literature Classics
• Subjects: Education and learning > Schoolbooks, general education schools; Fiction > Mixed anthologies; Europe, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Educational: History, YOUNG ADULT NONFICTION / History / Europe