{"product_id":"9780061885440","title":"Anne Frank: The Book, The Life, The Afterlife","description":"\u003ctable\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAuthor\/Contributor(s):\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eProse, Francine\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eHarper Large Print\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDate:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9\/29\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"\"\u003eNEW\u003cbr\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e“A deeply felt reappraisal\u003cbr\u003eof the work and its global impact.... [Prose] makes a persuasive argument for\u003cbr\u003eAnne Frank’s literary genius.” —\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York\u003cbr\u003eTimes Book Review\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn June, 1942, Anne Frank\u003cbr\u003ereceived a diary for her thirteenth birthday, just weeks before she and her\u003cbr\u003efamily went into hiding from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic. For two years,\u003cbr\u003eshe described life in hiding in vivid, unforgettable detail and grappled with\u003cbr\u003ethe unfolding events of World War II. Before the attic was raided in August,\u003cbr\u003e1944, Anne Frank furiously revised and edited her work, crafting a piece of\u003cbr\u003eliterature that she hoped would be read by the public after the war. And read\u003cbr\u003eit has been.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eAnne Frank\u003c\/em\u003e, bestselling\u003cbr\u003eauthor Francine Prose deftly parses the artistry, ambition, and enduring\u003cbr\u003einfluence of Anne Frank’s beloved classic, \u003cem\u003eThe\u003cbr\u003eDiary of a Young Girl\u003c\/em\u003e. She investigates the diary’s unique afterlife: the\u003cbr\u003eobstacles and criticism Otto Frank faced in publishing his daughter’s words;\u003cbr\u003ethe controversy surrounding the diary’s Broadway and film adaptations, and the\u003cbr\u003esocial mores of the 1950s that reduced it to a tale of adolescent angst and\u003cbr\u003elove; the conspiracy theories that have cried fraud, and the scientific\u003cbr\u003eanalysis that proved them wrong. Finally, having assigned the book to her own students,\u003cbr\u003eProse considers the rewards and challenges of teaching one of the world’s most\u003cbr\u003eread, and banned, books. How has the life and death of one girl become\u003cbr\u003eemblematic of the lives and deaths of so many, and why do her words continue to\u003cbr\u003einspire?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eApproved by both the Anne Frank\u003cbr\u003eHouse Foundation in Amsterdam and the Anne Frank-Fonds in Basel, run by the\u003cbr\u003eFrank family, \u003cem\u003eAnne Frank\u003c\/em\u003e unravels the fascinating story\u003cbr\u003eof a memoir that has become one of the most compelling, intimate, and important\u003cbr\u003edocuments of modern history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Large Print","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46810471039231,"sku":"9780061885440","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0452\/0886\/2873\/files\/9780061885440_s600x595.jpg?v=1776098475","url":"https:\/\/massivebookshop.com\/products\/9780061885440","provider":"MASSIVE BOOKSHOP","version":"1.0","type":"link"}