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The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
Biography & Memoir
James Mustich
Aug 7, 2018
Anne Frank’s intimate two-year record of her family’s hiding from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic is one of the most famous, powerful, and beloved books of the twentieth century. Encapsulating the terror of the Holocaust in the domestic drama of the Franks’ anxious existence and the private yearnings of the author’s adolescence, The Diary of a Young Girl puts a tender human face on the suffering of countless victims of Hitler’s regime. Although often referred to as “The Diary of Anne Frank” (the title used by the stage and screen adaptations), the book’s correct title, The Diary of a Young Girl, suggests one of the reasons for the book’s extraordinary effect on generations of readers: In the midst of terrifying circumstances, the author’s words are always alive with a recognizable teenager’s awkward mix of independence and vulnerability, silliness and soulfulness, honesty and wishful thinking, resentment and rebellion, guilt and responsibility.
Life, eternal in this diary, that cannot be contained and stopped by death.
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Yearning is captured so well here - it will always be a classic. I remember feeling so close to her when I read this at age 12 or so.
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«Qui ci mancano molte cose, e già da molto tempo, e mancano a me proprio come a te. Non devi pensare che mi riferisca a cose materiali, perché in quel senso abbiamo tutto quello che ci serve. No, parlo di cose interiori. Desidero proprio quanto te la libertà e l'aria, ma credo che siamo stati abbondantemente ricompensati per queste privazioni. Voglio dire ricompensati internamente. Questa mattina, quando guardavo dalla finestra e in realtà vedevo Dio e la natura, allora ero felice, nient'altro che felice. E vedi, Peter, finché uno ha la felicità dentro, quando è felice per la natura, per la salute e tante altre cose, finché si porta dentro queste cose, potrà soltanto essere felice.
La ricchezza, la bellezza, tutto si può perdere, ma la gioia che hai nel cuore può essere soltanto offuscata: per tutta la vita tornerà a renderti felice.
Prova, una volta che ti senti solo e infelice o di cattivo umore, a guardare fuori quando il tempo è cosi bello. Non le case e i tetti, ma il cielo. Finché potrai guardare il cielo senza timori, saprai di essere puro dentro e che tornerai a essere felice.»
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Few novels are as powerful and heart-wrenching as Anne Frank's posthumous magnum opus. In meticulous prose and with an instinct for both drama and reflection, Anne chronicles her hopes and fears amidst everyday life in hiding from the Nazis as the Holocaust rages around her. Contrary to popular belief, Anne fully intended her diary to be published after the war, and while writing it went back and edited numerous passages to give it a narrative flow. What makes this book so special is that in chronicles in real-time, not only the progress of the Final Solution, but the blossoming of a young girl into a young woman and an individual.
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