{"product_id":"anne-frank-lp-the-book-the-life-the-afterlife-paperback","title":"Anne Frank LP: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrancine Prose\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A deeply felt reappraisal\u003cbr\u003eof the work and its global impact.... [Prose] makes a persuasive argument for\u003cbr\u003eAnne Frank's literary genius.\" --\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York\u003cbr\u003eTimes Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn June, 1942, Anne Frank\u003cbr\u003ereceived a diary for her thirteenth birthday, just weeks before she and her\u003cbr\u003efamily went into hiding from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic. For two years, \u003cbr\u003eshe described life in hiding in vivid, unforgettable detail and grappled with\u003cbr\u003ethe unfolding events of World War II. Before the attic was raided in August, \u003cbr\u003e1944, Anne Frank furiously revised and edited her work, crafting a piece of\u003cbr\u003eliterature that she hoped would be read by the public after the war. And read\u003cbr\u003eit has been.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAnne Frank\u003c\/em\u003e, bestselling\u003cbr\u003eauthor Francine Prose deftly parses the artistry, ambition, and enduring\u003cbr\u003einfluence of Anne Frank's beloved classic, \u003cem\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003eDiary of a Young Girl\u003c\/em\u003e. She investigates the diary's unique afterlife: the\u003cbr\u003eobstacles and criticism Otto Frank faced in publishing his daughter's words;\u003cbr\u003ethe controversy surrounding the diary's Broadway and film adaptations, and the\u003cbr\u003esocial mores of the 1950s that reduced it to a tale of adolescent angst and\u003cbr\u003elove; the conspiracy theories that have cried fraud, and the scientific\u003cbr\u003eanalysis that proved them wrong. Finally, having assigned the book to her own students, \u003cbr\u003eProse considers the rewards and challenges of teaching one of the world's most\u003cbr\u003eread, and banned, books. How has the life and death of one girl become\u003cbr\u003eemblematic of the lives and deaths of so many, and why do her words continue to\u003cbr\u003einspire?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eApproved by both the Anne Frank\u003cbr\u003eHouse Foundation in Amsterdam and the Anne Frank-Fonds in Basel, run by the\u003cbr\u003eFrank family, \u003cem\u003eAnne Frank\u003c\/em\u003e unravels the fascinating story\u003cbr\u003eof a memoir that has become one of the most compelling, intimate, and important\u003cbr\u003edocuments of modern history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn June, 1942, Anne Frank received a red-and-white checked diary for her thirteenth birthday, just weeks before she and her family went into hiding from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic. For two years, with ever-increasing maturity, Anne crafted a memoir that has become one of the most compelling, intimate, and important documents of modern history. She described life in hiding in vivid, unforgettable detail, explored apparently irreconcilable views of human nature-people are good at heart, but capable of unimaginable evil-and grappled with the unfolding events of World War II, until the hidden attic was raided in August, 1944.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But the diary of Anne Frank, argues Francine Prose, is as much a work of art as an historical record. Through close reading, she marvels at the teenaged Frank′s skillfully natural narrative voice, at her finely tuned dialogue and ability to turn living people into characters. And Prose addresses what few of the diary′s millions of readers may know: this book is a deliberate work of art. During her last months in hiding, Anne Frank furiously revised and edited her work, crafting a piece of literature that she hoped would be read by the public after the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Read it has been. Few books have been as influential for so long, and Prose thoroughly investigates the diary′s unique afterlife: the obstacles and criticism Otto Frank faced in publishing his daughter′s words; the controversy surrounding the diary′s Broadway and film adaptations, and the 1950′s social mores that reduced it to a tale of adolescent angst and love; the claims of conspiracy theorists who have cried fraud, and the scientific analysis that proved them wrong. Finally, having assigned the book to her own students, Prose considers the rewards and challenges of teaching one of the world′s most read, and banned, books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e How has the life and death of one girl become emblematic of the lives and deaths of so many, and why do her words continue to inspire? ANNE FRANK: THE BOOK, THE LIFE, THE AFTERLIFE tells the extraordinary story of the book that became a force in the world-and it definitively establishes Anne Frank as the writer she always knew she was.\u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn June, 1942, Anne Frank received a red-and-white checked diary for her thirteenth birthday, just weeks before she and her family went into hiding from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic. For two years, with ever-increasing maturity, Anne crafted a memoir that has become one of the most compelling, intimate, and important documents of modern history. She described life in hiding in vivid, unforgettable detail, explored apparently irreconcilable views of human nature-people are good at heart, but capable of unimaginable evil-and grappled with the unfolding events of World War II, until the hidden attic was raided in August, 1944.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e But the diary of Anne Frank, argues Francine Prose, is as much a work of art as an historical record. Through close reading, she marvels at the teenaged Frank′s skillfully natural narrative voice, at her finely tuned dialogue and ability to turn living people into characters. And Prose addresses what few of the diary′s millions of readers may know: this book is a deliberate work of art. During her last months in hiding, Anne Frank furiously revised and edited her work, crafting a piece of literature that she hoped would be read by the public after the war.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Read it has been. Few books have been as influential for so long, and Prose thoroughly investigates the diary′s unique afterlife: the obstacles and criticism Otto Frank faced in publishing his daughter′s words; the controversy surrounding the diary′s Broadway and film adaptations, and the 1950′s social mores that reduced it to a tale of adolescent angst and love; the claims of conspiracy theorists who have cried fraud, and the scientific analysis that proved them wrong. Finally, having assigned the book to her own students, Prose considers the rewards and challenges of teaching one of the world′s most read, and banned, books.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e How has the life and death of one girl become emblematic of the lives and deaths of so many, and why do her words continue to inspire? ANNE FRANK: THE BOOK, THE LIFE, THE AFTERLIFE tells the extraordinary story of the book that became a force in the world-and it definitively establishes Anne Frank as the writer she always knew she was.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 444\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.99 x 9.16 x 6.02 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 01, 2009\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLarge Print:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47177851339001,"sku":"9780061885440","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/obHQqgL3El9780061885440.webp?v=1781195250","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/anne-frank-lp-the-book-the-life-the-afterlife-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}