by Christine Arnothy · Harpercollins Reference · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780007303021
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«I am Fifteen and I Do Not Want to Die» is the autobiography of Christine Arnothy, published by HarperCollins Reference in paperback (228 pages, in English).
In 1945, at fifteen, Christine Arnothy recounts how she takes refuge with her family in a cellar during the siege of Budapest, while the German and Russian armies advance through the city. Between fear of death, hunger and thirst, the author reconstructs a teenager's struggle to survive and to keep hope amid the war.
First part of the series «I am Fifteen & I Don't Want to Die». Original French work from 1955, titled «J'ai quinze ans et je ne veux pas mourir»; English translation by Antonia White.
For readers of war memoirs, World War II history and survival stories with a historical backdrop.
Christine Arnothy was a Hungarian-born French writer. She was born in Budapest. Her first book, J'ai quinze ans et je ne veux pas mourir was submitted for a literary competition and won the Grand Prix Verité in 1954.
