by Johanna Reiss · ESPASA · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788423988525
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«La habitación de arriba» is the autobiographical novel by Johanna Reiss, published by Espasa in paperback (213 pages, in Spanish).
The author recalls her childhood in the Nazi-occupied Netherlands: to avoid deportation, a Jewish girl and her sister spend more than two years hidden in the upstairs bedroom of a farm. The narrative reflects the daily tension, small acts of solidarity and the resistance of an ordinary family in the face of horror.
First volume in the «The Upstairs Room» series. National Jewish Book Award (1971) and nominated for the Newbery Medal (1973).
Recommended for young readers aged 9 and up and for adults seeking testimonies of the Holocaust and the German occupation of the Netherlands.
Johanna Reiss is a Dutch-American writer whose work focuses on her experiences as a Jewish child during the Second World War. Her books have been compared to the writing of Anne Frank.
