Name: We Were a Handful
SKU: 57068820
Price: 566.00 TWD
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Author: Polácek, Karel ; Corner, Mark
ISBN: 9788024632858

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Author

Karel Polácek

Translated by

Mark Corner

Publisher

Karolinum Press, Charles University

Language

English

Pages

400

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

18.8x13x1 cm

Weight

0.18 kg.

ISBN13

9788024632858

Synopsis "We Were a Handful"

A favorite work of Czech humor, We Were a Handful depicts the adventures of five boys from a small Czech town through the diary of Petr Bajza, the grocer's son. Written by Karel Poláček at the height of World War II before his deportation to Auschwitz in 1944, this book draws on the happier years of Poláček's own childhood as inspiration. As we look upon the world through Petr's eyes, we, too, marvel at the incomprehensible world of grownups; join in fights between gangs of neighborhood kids; and laugh at the charming language of boys, a major source of the book's humor. This translation at last offers English-language readers the opportunity to share in Petr's (and Poláček's) childhood and reminds us that joy and laughter are possible even in the darkest times.

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