false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1250815454m/6486492.jpg 6486492 3 <p> In 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 in an Amsterdam attic to escape the Nazis. For two years, with ever-increasing maturity, Anne crafted a memoir that has become one of the most compelling documents of modern history. She described life 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. </p> <p> But Anne Frank's diary, argues Francine Prose, is as much a work of art as a historical record. Through close reading, she marvels at the teenage 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 <i>deliberate</i> work of art. During her last months in hiding, Anne Frank furiously revised and edited her work, crafting a piece of literature that she had hoped would be read by the public after the war. </p> <p> Read it has been. Few books have been as influential for as 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 claims of conspiracy theorists who have cried fraud, along with the scientific analysis that proved them wrong. Finally, Prose, a teacher herself, considers the rewards and challenges of sharing one of the world's most read, and most banned, books with students. </p> <p> 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? <I>Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife</I> tells the extraordinary story of the book that became a force in the world. Along the way, Francine Prose definitively establishes that Anne Frank was not an accidental author or a casual teenaged chronicler, but a writer of prodigious talent and ambition. </p> 6677852 book 1 10 2009 Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife total:55|5:21|4:24|3:9|2:1|1:0| 55 230 223 24 5 7 false false Fri Nov 20 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Sep 06 13:11:06 -0700 2009 Fri Nov 20 13:44:46 -0800 2009
I am now eager to read the critical edition of the diary, which includes the revisions made by Anne in her last months before her capture; all 3 versions of her diary are i...more...]]> 5 0 false false Sun Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Nov 21 13:50:20 -0800 2009 Sat Nov 21 13:58:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Wed Nov 04 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 11:51:04 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 04 11:55:39 -0800 2009 more...]]> 5 1 false false Wed Nov 18 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Sun Nov 15 14:10:45 -0800 2009 Wed Nov 18 14:47:41 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 3 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 20 06:13:45 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 26 11:12:20 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Jul 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat Jul 11 12:23:05 -0700 2009 Sun Jul 19 06:11:39 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Fri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 19:37:22 -0700 2009 Sun Oct 18 16:49:47 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Sun Oct 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Oct 12 17:07:26 -0700 2009 Sat Oct 31 10:17:50 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Tue Aug 25 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 20 19:04:41 -0700 2009 Tue Aug 25 08:15:47 -0700 2009
While it is rather niche specific and full of close reading and literary criticism that the English major in me loved but might read tedious to others, the premise is an important one: that the diary of this young girl ...more...]]> 4 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 05:14:58 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 09 05:25:30 -0700 2009 more...]]> 5 0 false false Mon Nov 02 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Wed Oct 21 15:17:30 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 02 12:48:42 -0800 2009 This is the most amazing book- the author not only critques The Diary of Anne Frank but shows us how she developed as an author, explains why Anne was an author (and an admirable one at that) but she also explains the history of Anne herself, the diary, the book,...more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Oct 29 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 01 10:08:42 -0700 2009 Mon Nov 09 14:04:10 -0800 2009 1 more...]]> 5 0 false false Fri Oct 23 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Oct 15 15:22:33 -0700 2009 Fri Oct 23 18:02:18 -0700 2009 more...]]> 4 0 false false Mon Nov 23 07:35:15 -0800 2009 Mon Nov 23 07:40:11 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 13:57:59 -0700 2009 Tue Oct 13 09:44:55 -0700 2009 more...]]> 3 0 false false Sun Nov 22 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Mon Oct 19 07:47:39 -0700 2009 Sun Nov 22 19:06:53 -0800 2009
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