by Joseph Joffo · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788817113649
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«Un sacchetto di biglie» is the autobiographical novel by Joseph Joffo, published by Rizzoli in its Superbur collection, in paperback (288 pages, in Italian).
Joseph Joffo recalls his childhood in Nazi-occupied France: at ten years old, he and his twelve-year-old brother Maurice must flee Paris and cross the country to the free zone. The narrative follows their efforts to go unnoticed, work, trade, and evade interrogations, in a journey told from a child's perspective.
The work was originally published in 1973 as «Un sac de billes»; it is the first installment of the «Un Sac de Billes» series. The Italian translation is by Marina Valente.
«Un sacchetto di biglie» is a read for those seeking accounts of World War II and the Holocaust told from a child's perspective.
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
