
Zlata's Diary
A Child's Life in Wartime Sarajevo: Revised Edition
Zlata Filipovic(Author)
Penguin USA (Publisher)
Published on 28. February 2006
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-14-303687-6 (ISBN)
Description
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-to-day 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.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York, NY
United States
Publishing group
Penguin Putnam Inc
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
16-PAGE B&W PHOTO INSERT
Dimensions
Height: 180 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 15 mm
Weight
176 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-303687-6 (9780143036876)
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Other editions
Previous edition
Zlata Filipovic
Zlata's Diary: a Child's Life in Sarajevo
Book
12/2005
Penguin Putnam Inc
€27.42
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Person
Zlata Filipovic wrote her diary between September 1991 and October 1993. Following its publication, she was awarded the Special Child of Courage Award by the Simon Wiesenthal Center. She and her family left Sarajevo in December of 1993, and used the proceeds from the book to launch a charity for child victims of the Bosnian war.