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Binding: PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 949.7024092 EAN: 9780143036876 ISBN: 0143036874 Label: Penguin (Non-Classics) Manufacturer: Penguin (Non-Classics) Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 240 Publication Date: February 28, 2006 Publisher: Penguin (Non-Classics) Studio: Penguin (Non-Classics) Editorial Review: Product Description: When Zlatas 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 Filipovi´c becomes a witness to food shortages and the deaths of friends and learns to wait out bombardments in a neighbors 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. Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Great service!Thank you for your quick shipment. Book is in great shape, as you stated. Rating: - The Anne Frank of Sarajevo!Zlata probably never imagined that her diary would be read by millions or that it would be published. Much like Anne Frank, I don't think Zlata ever intended the diary to be made worldwide. Unlike Anne, Zlata survived but not without internal scars and loss of friends and relatives and neighbors. In the beginning, Zlata writes about mundane, ordinary things about being 11 years old. Please keep that in mind when reading her diary is that she was only 11 years old at the time of writing in the beginning. ... Read More Rating:  - Reviewed by soon to be reading coachFilipovic, Z. and Pribichevich-Zoric, C. (1995). Zlata's Diary. New York: Penguin Group Zlata's Diary is about a young eleven year old girl who wrote in her diary during the Yugoslavian Civil War. The beginning of the book discusses each day and her exciting things that she did with friends as well as her family memebrs; however, as the dumb war began to affect more and more individuals she began to take note of the food and water shortage. She also began to notice the loss of family and friends. ... Read More Rating: - Great Book Sheesh...this is the product of a child, not the work of a Pulitzer prize winning journalist. It is an excellent diary, an excellent primary source and an excellent text for a better understanding of the Yugoslav wars. Yes...it does only tell one point of view - hers - it is her diary! Some readers are offended because of the comparison to Anne Frank; a comparison that Filipovic and others make in the book. The comparison is totally fair. Both are intelligent children caught up in situations they have no ... Read More Rating: - Good readI remember reading this book as a child and picked it up again as an adult. It was a quick read, but really showed how a child deals with war. It made me think of how children in Iraq are feeling right now. Very interesting. |
