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Anne Frank : the book, the life, the afterlife  Cover Image Book Book

Anne Frank : the book, the life, the afterlife / Francine Prose. --

Record details

  • ISBN: 006143079X
  • ISBN: 9780061430794
  • Physical Description: 322 p.
  • Publisher: New York : HarperCollins, 2009.

Content descriptions

General Note:
"Harper."
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (p. [285]-301) and index.
Includes filmography (p. 302).
Immediate Source of Acquisition Note:
LSC 32.99
Subject: Frank, Anne, 1929-1945. Achterhuis.
Frank, Anne, 1929-1945 > Literary art.
Frank, Anne, 1929-1945 > Authorship.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Netherlands > Amsterdam > Personal narratives > History and criticism.
Creative writing.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.

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  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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  • Baker & Taylor
    With the understanding one great writer has for another, the author deftly parses the artistry, ambition, and enduring influence of Anne Frank’s beloved classic, The Diary of a Young Girl, in a book that was approved by the Frank family. 60,000 first printing.
  • Baker & Taylor
    Francine Prose argues that the diary of Anne Frank is as much a deliberate work of art as it is an historical record, noting its literary merits and thoroughly investigating the diary's unique afterlife as one of the world's most read, and banned, books.
  • Baker & Taylor
    With the understanding of one writer for another, the author parses the artistry, ambition, and enduring influence of Anne Frank's beloved classic, "The Diary of a Young Girl."
  • HARPERCOLL
    'A definitive, deeply moving inquiry into the life of the young, imperiled artist, and a masterful exegesis of Diary of a Young Girl'Extraordinary testimony to the power of literature and compassion' 'Booklist (starred review)

    In Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife, Francine Prose, author of Reading Like a Writer, deftly parses the artistry, ambition, and enduring influence of Anne Frank's beloved classic, The Diary of a Young Girl. Approved by both the Anne Frank House Foundation in Amsterdam and the Anne Frank-Fonds in Basel, run by the Frank family, this work of literary criticism unravels the complex, fascinating story of the diary and effectively makes the case for it being a work of art from a precociously gifted writer.
  • HARPERCOLL
    “A definitive, deeply moving inquiry into the life of the young, imperiled artist, and a masterful exegesis of Diary of a Young Girl…Extraordinary testimony to the power of literature and compassion” –Booklist (starred review)

    In Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife, Francine Prose, author of Reading Like a Writer, deftly parses the artistry, ambition, and enduring influence of Anne Frank’s beloved classic, The Diary of a Young Girl. Approved by both the Anne Frank House Foundation in Amsterdam and the Anne Frank-Fonds in Basel, run by the Frank family, this work of literary criticism unravels the complex, fascinating story of the diary and effectively makes the case for it being a work of art from a precociously gifted writer.

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