The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank

Restored in this Definitive Edition are diary entries that had been omitted from the original edition. These passages, which constitute 30 percent more material, reinforce the fact that Anne was first and foremost a teenage girl, not a remote and flawless symbol. She fretted about, and tried to cope with, her own emerging sexuality. Like many young girls, she often found herself in disagreement with her mother. And like any teenager, she veered between the carefree nature of a child and the full-fledged sorrow of an adult. Anne emerges more human, more vulnerable, and more vital than ever. Anne Frank and her family, fleeing the horrors of Nazi occupation, hid in the back of an Amsterdam warehouse for two years. She was thirteen when the family went into the Secret Annex, and in these pages she grows to be a young woman and a wise observer of human nature as well. With unusual insight she reveals the relations between eight people living under extraordinary conditions, facing hunger, the everpresent threat of discovery and death, complete estrangement from the outside world, and above all, the boredom, the petty misunderstandings, and the frustrations of living under such unbearable strain, in such confined quarters. A timeless story rediscovered by each new generation. The Diary of a Young Girl stands without peer. For both young readers and adults it continues to bring to life this young woman, who for a time survived the worst horror the modern world had seen - and who remained triumphantly and heartbreakingly human throughout her ordeal. For those who know and love Anne Frank, The Definitive Edition is a chance to discover her anew. For readers who have not yet encountered her, thisis the edition to cherish.

Ana Frank nacio en Frankfurt, en junio de 1929. Con su hermana y sus padres emigro a Holanda en 1933. Durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial, la familia Frank formo parte de los miles de judios que tuvieron que huir o esconderse de la persecucion nazi. Los Frank y otras cuatro personas se escondieron durante dos anos en el anexo de una casa, al que Ana llamaba el Anexo secreto, y la jovencita aprovecho ese periodo de encierro, entre sus trece y quince anos, para escribir un hermoso e impresionante diario que la situo como una gran escritora a pesar de su juventud. En agosto de 1944, el cuerpo de policia (Feld-Polizei) descubrio el Anexo, entro en el y detuvo a todos sus habitantes. Fueron deportados a campos de concentracion y Ana Frank murio en Bergen-Belsen, en 1945. Faltaban dos meses para que Holanda fuera liberada. Su diario, encontrado en 1946, dio la vuelta al mundo. En el expresa su amor por la vida y una gran capacidad literaria de reflexion, observacion, humor e inteligencia. / Anne Frank was born in Frankfurt in June 1929. With her sister and her parents, she emigrated to Holland in 1933. During World War II, the Frank family was part of the thousands of Jews who were forced to flee or hide from Nazi persecution. The Frank family and four others hid for two years in the annex of a house, to which Anna called the Secret Annex and the girl took advantage of this period of confinement, between the age of thirteen and fifteen to write a beautiful and impressive diary that placed her as a great writer despite her youth. In August 1944, the police (Feld-Polizei) discovered the Annex, entered it and arrested all its inhabitants. They were deported to concentration camps and Anne Frank died in Bergen-Belsen in 1945. It was two months before the Netherlands was liberated. Her diary, found in 1946, made its way around the world. In it she expresses her love for life and a great literary capacity for reflection, observation, humor and intelligence.

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ISBN 13	9780385473781
ISBN 10	0385473788
Title	The Diary of a Young Girl
Author	Anne Frank
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Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc
Year published	1995-02-01
Number of pages	352
Prizes	Winner of YALSA Best Books for Young Adults.
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