I SAW A BEAUTIFUL WOODPECKER
Εκδότης Prestel , ISBN 9783791374864
It is the summer of 1939 in Warsaw, Poland and Michal is an eight- year-old boy just finishing his school year. In order to improve his handwriting, Michal's teacher gives him a simple assignment: keep a journal, writing one sentence a day. Eighty years later, Michal's diary has been gorgeously illustrated with beautifully atmospheric paintings.
Eloquent in its simplicity, the journal is a remarkable artefact that captures the innocence of childhood and the trauma of war. The journal starts out with a typical boy's observations: "July 15: I went to a stream with my brother and teacher." "July 23: I found a caterpillar." However over the course of weeks, menacing details emerge. "July 27: A plane was circling over Anin." "September 1: The war has begun." "September 3: I hid from planes." "September 14: Warsaw is bravely defending itself." These haunting entries are interspersed with visits from relatives, a soccer game, a trip to a park, an ice cream cone.
Photographs of pages from Michal's diary enhance the poignancy of this simple record-an ordinary holiday interrupted by war; a life changed forever by an extraordinary moment in history.
Περίληψη
It is the summer of 1939 in Warsaw, Poland and Michal is an eight- year-old boy just finishing his school year. In order to improve his handwriting, Michal's teacher gives him a simple assignment: keep a journal, writing one sentence a day. Eighty years later, Michal's diary has been gorgeously illustrated with beautifully atmospheric paintings.
Eloquent in its simplicity, the journal is a remarkable artefact that captures the innocence of childhood and the trauma of war. The journal starts out with a typical boy's observations: "July 15: I went to a stream with my brother and teacher." "July 23: I found a caterpillar." However over the course of weeks, menacing details emerge. "July 27: A plane was circling over Anin." "September 1: The war has begun." "September 3: I hid from planes." "September 14: Warsaw is bravely defending itself." These haunting entries are interspersed with visits from relatives, a soccer game, a trip to a park, an ice cream cone.
Photographs of pages from Michal's diary enhance the poignancy of this simple record-an ordinary holiday interrupted by war; a life changed forever by an extraordinary moment in history.
Πληροφορίες προϊόντος
- Συγγραφέας Skibinski, Michal
- Eκδότης Prestel
- ISBN 9783791374864
- Κωδικός Ευριπίδη 040100076598
- Έτος κυκλοφορίας 2021
- Σελίδες 128
- Διαστάσεις 14χ20
- Βάρος 350 gr
- Ηλικία Για Ηλικία 4-6