This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of A Bag of Marbles by Joseph Joffo. It provides a thorough exploration of the book's plot, characters and main themes, including anti-Semitism, fear and solidarity. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time. This clear and detailed 58-page reading guide is structured as...
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A Bag of Marbles by Joseph Joffo (Book Analysis)
A Bag of Marbles by Joseph Joffo (Book Analysis)
Detailed Summary, Analysis and Reading Guide
978280627044358EBookPlurilingua PublishingThis practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of A Bag of Marbles by Joseph Joffo. It provides a thorough exploration of the book's plot, characters and main themes, including anti-Semitism, fear and solidarity. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
This clear and detailed 58-page reading guide is structured as follows:
Biography of Joseph Joffo
Presentation of A Bag of Marbles
Summary of A Bag of Marbles
Character study
Joseph Joffo
Maurice Joffo
Henri and Albert Joffo
The parents
Analysis of A Bag of Marbles
Historical context
An autobiographical novel
A child's-eye view of the war
A story of hope and fear
About A Bag of Marbles
A Bag of Marbles is Joseph Joffo's most famous book. This autobiographical work was first published in 1973, and covers the years 1941 to 1945. 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. This gripping story combines moments of danger and sadness with carefree, happy periods, resulting in a moving and thought-provoking book.
A Bag of Marbles was a major popular success: it has sold millions of copies and been translated into 18 languages to date. It has been adapted for the cinema twice, once in 1975 and once in 2017.
About Joseph Joffo
Joseph Joffo is a French writer. He was born to a Jewish family in Paris in 1931, and lived through the Second World War and the Occupation. Having first worked as a hairdresser, he then took up writing as a way of coming to terms with the difficulties of his childhood. His books are mainly autobiographical: A Bag of Marbles tells the story of his childhood during the war, while Baby-foot recounts the years after the war and his discovery of American values. Joffo has also written some purely fictional novels, as well as a number of short stories.This practical and insightful reading guide offers a complete summary and analysis of A Bag of Marbles by Joseph Joffo. It provides a thorough exploration of the book's plot, characters and main themes, including anti-Semitism, fear and solidarity. The clear and concise style makes for easy understanding, providing the perfect opportunity to improve your literary knowledge in no time.
This clear and detailed 58-page reading guide is structured as follows:
Biography of Joseph Joffo
Presentation of A Bag of Marbles
Summary of A Bag of Marbles
Character study
Joseph Joffo
Maurice Joffo
Henri and Albert Joffo
The parents
Analysis of A Bag of Marbles
Historical context
An autobiographical novel
A child's-eye view of the war
A story of hope and fear
About A Bag of Marbles
A Bag of Marbles is Joseph Joffo's most famous book. This autobiographical work was first published in 1973, and covers the years 1941 to 1945. 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. This gripping story combines moments of danger and sadness with carefree, happy periods, resulting in a moving and thought-provoking book.
A Bag of Marbles was a major popular success: it has sold millions of copies and been translated into 18 languages to date. It has been adapted for the cinema twice, once in 1975 and once in 2017.
About Joseph Joffo
Joseph Joffo is a French writer. He was born to a Jewish family in Paris in 1931, and lived through the Second World War and the Occupation. Having first worked as a hairdresser, he then took up writing as a way of coming to terms with the difficulties of his childhood. His books are mainly autobiographical: A Bag of Marbles tells the story of his childhood during the war, while Baby-foot recounts the years after the war and his discovery of American values. Joffo has also written some purely fictional novels, as well as a number of short stories.application/pdf1
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This clear and detailed 58-page reading guide is structured as follows:
- Biography of Joseph Joffo
- Presentation of A Bag of Marbles
- Summary of A Bag of Marbles
- Character study
- Joseph Joffo
- Maurice Joffo
- Henri and Albert Joffo
- The parents
- Analysis of A Bag of Marbles
- Historical context
- An autobiographical novel
- A child’s-eye view of the war
- A story of hope and fear
About A Bag of Marbles
A Bag of Marbles is Joseph Joffo’s most famous book. This autobiographical work was first published in 1973, and covers the years 1941 to 1945. 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. This gripping story combines moments of danger and sadness with carefree, happy periods, resulting in a moving and thought-provoking book.
A Bag of Marbles was a major popular success: it has sold millions of copies and been translated into 18 languages to date. It has been adapted for the cinema twice, once in 1975 and once in 2017.
About Joseph Joffo
Joseph Joffo is a French writer. He was born to a Jewish family in Paris in 1931, and lived through the Second World War and the Occupation. Having first worked as a hairdresser, he then took up writing as a way of coming to terms with the difficulties of his childhood. His books are mainly autobiographical: A Bag of Marbles tells the story of his childhood during the war, while Baby-foot recounts the years after the war and his discovery of American values. Joffo has also written some purely fictional novels, as well as a number of short stories.
Product details
| ISBN | 9782806270443 |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Plurilingua Publishing |
| Collection | BrightSummaries.com |
| Format | |
| Pages | 58 |
| File size | 2.2 MB |
