by Joseph Joffo · Le Livre de Poche · libro de bolsillo · ISBN 9782253029496
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«Un sac de billes» is the autobiographical novel by Joseph Joffo, published by Le Livre de Poche in paperback (414 pages, in French).
Paris, 1941: ten-year-old Joseph and his twelve-year-old brother Maurice flee alone through occupied France to rejoin their family. They cross the demarcation line without papers and travel the country dodging arrests and roundups, in an autobiographical account of survival and brotherly love during World War II.
First title in the Un sac de billes series; originally published in 1973 and translated into 18 languages, it received the Prix Broquette-Gonin from the Académie Française in 1974.
Suitable reading for young people aged 11 and up and for adults interested in testimonies and historical novels about World War II.
Joseph Joffo was a French author. A noted autobiographer, Joffo was perhaps best known for his memoir Un sac de billes, which has been translated into eighteen languages. Joseph Joffo was married to Brigitte Joffo and had 3 children, Alexandra, Boris, and Franck
