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Title: We Were a Handful
Condition: New
Author: Karel Polacek
Translator: Mark Corner
Contributor: Mark Corner (Translated by)
Format: Paperback
ISBN-10: 8024632853
EAN: 9788024632858
ISBN: 9788024632858
Edition: Classroom Edition
Publisher: Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic
Genre: Fiction
Topic: Classic Fiction
Release Date: 14/10/2016
Description: 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 Polacek at the height of World War II before his deportation to Auschwitz in 1944, this book draws on the happier years of Polacek'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 Polacek's) childhood and reminds us that joy and laughter are possible even in the darkest times.
Language: English
Country/Region of Manufacture: CZ
Item Height: 19mm
Item Length: 13mm
Item Width: 1mm
Item Weight: 170g
Book Series: Modern Czech Classics
Release Year: 2016

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