Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo

Filipovic, Zlata

ISBN 10: 0670857246 / ISBN 13: 9780670857241

Edité par Viking, New York, N.Y., USA, 1994

A propos de cet article

This book is clean, bright, straight and tight with no marks noted. At thirteen years old, Zlata began her diary just before her 11th birthday during the time of the Bosnia War from 1991 to 1993. A fascinating child?s eye view of the turbulent times in Sarajevo. Proceeds from the sale of this book benefit environmental restoration and education.

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Détails bibliographiques

• Titre: Zlata's Diary: A Child's Life in Sarajevo
• Éditeur: Viking, New York, N.Y., USA
• Date de parution: 1994
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0670857246
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780670857241
• Reliure: Hardcover
• Édition: First American Edition
• État de l'article: As New
• État de la jaquette: As New

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Synopsis

Zlata Filipovic was given a diary shortly before her 11th birthday and began to write in it regularly. The preoccupations of an ordinary, if unusually intelligent and articulate little girl, include whether or not to join the Madonna fan club, the fate of the super-models, her piano lessons, her tennis lessons, her friends and her new skis. But the distant murmur of war draws closer. Her father starts to wear military uniform and her friends begin to leave the city. One day school is closed, and the next the bombardments begin. The pathos and power of this diary come from watching the destruction of a childhood which could be that of anybody's child. Zlata writes about her fears, her desires, her pet cat, her mother's fear of a mouse in the wainscotting, her mother dodging the bullets to cross the bridge to work, and her father's frostbite and hernia from dragging water to them since there is no more water on tap. To Zlata the availability of electricity means that perhaps she can watch MTV - to that extent she remains a very ordinary little girl. But her circle of friends is increasingly replaced by international journalists who come to hear of this little girl's courage and resilience so that she becomes a frequent stop in their search for news stories. But the reality is that, as they fly off with the latest story of Zlata, she remains behind, writing her deepest feelings to "Mimmy", her diary and last remaining friend.

Présentation de l'éditeur

The child's diary that awakened the conscience of the world

When Zlata’s Diary was first published at the height of the Bosnian conflict, it became an international bestseller and was compared to The Diary of Anne Frank, both for the freshness of its voice and the grimness of the world it describes. It begins as the day-today record of the life of a typical eleven-year-old girl, preoccupied by piano lessons and birthday parties. But as war engulfs Sarajevo, Zlata Filipovic becomes a witness to food shortages and the deaths of friends and learns to wait out bombardments in a neighbor’s cellar. Yet throughout she remains courageous and observant. The result is a book that has the power to move and instruct readers a world away.

"The only bright thing to come from [Sarajevo's] recent history." -USA Today

"Conveys the bewilderment and horror of modern-day conflict...One of Zlata's gifts lies in throwing a human light on intolerable events." -San Francisco Chronicle