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| Original Title: | J'ai quinze ans et je ne veux pas mourir |
| ISBN: | 2253003220 (ISBN13: 9782253003229) |
| Edition Language: | French |
| Setting: | Hungary |
Christine Arnothy
Paperback | Pages: 348 pages Rating: 3.59 | 713 Users | 90 Reviews
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| Title | : | J'ai quinze ans et je ne veux pas mourir |
| Author | : | Christine Arnothy |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 348 pages |
| Published | : | January 1st 1964 by Le Livre de Poche (first published January 1st 1956) |
| Categories | : | Young Adult. War. Historical. Historical Fiction |
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La Seconde Guerre mondiale ravage le continent européen. En 1944-1945, les Allemands occupent Budapest et veulent gagner leur ultime bataille contre les Russes dans la ville martyre bombardée jour et nuit. Il faut survivre sous les décombres.Christine Arnothy se réfugie avec ses parents dans la cave d'un immeuble au bord du Danube. Écrivant à la lumière d?une bougie, elle raconte les événements quotidiens, évoque la faim et la soif. Pour aller chercher de l'eau avec son père, elle doit enjamber les cadavres dans les rues.Après deux mois de siège, la ville, comme toute la Hongrie, est occupée par les Soviétiques. Choisissant la liberté, Christine et ses parents franchissent à pied la frontière austro-hongroise et aboutissent dans un camp de réfugiés en Autriche.La vocation d'écrivain de cette adolescente s'est révélée face à la mort. Ce journal de guerre et sa suite, Il n'est pas si facile de vivre, sont lus dans le monde entier.Rating Appertaining To Books J'ai quinze ans et je ne veux pas mourir
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A short, easy to read account of a family surviving WWII in Budapest. In todays cultural climate it feels relevant because it reveals the horrors and carnage of war as well as the goodness of people. Somehow reading about it feels more real than seeing it on screen.In a desperate attempt to improve my somewhat terrible french, I plucked this volume from my younger sister's shelves. I heard her once say something in the lines of 'This book is titled "I Am Fifteen and I Don't Want to Die" and I am fourteen and it made me want to cry'. I was thrilled because a book that makes you cry is a great one. This oeuvre unfortunately didn't. I am not proclaiming it wasn't good, because it was. But I entered its world with very high expectations that were only partly
It was good. I felt for all those people.
This is a harrowing and realistic account of a city at war through the eyes of a child, back before such accounts became popular (Zlata Filipovic's diary, anyone?) However, I don't understand why the second half was included. It too was interesting, but it had so little to do with the first part that they might as well have been separate books.
I am Fifteen and I Don't Want to Die is an autobiography about the author, Christine Arnothy. During WWII, her family lives in Budapest, Hungary. She and her family are hidden in their cellar but do all they can do to make their way into a safer country outside of Europe, like America. All the characters are very believable characters from their ctions and their longing for safety for their family. They work together to disguise themselves in order to escape. The plot is very realistic and tells
Christine Arnothy recounts her difficult fifteenth year during World War Two. With the Russians invading Hungary and the Germans trying to push them back, Budapest's occupants entered a high stakes game of trying to stay alive. Arnothy lived in the cellar underneath the family's apartment building along with her parent, neighbors, and a faithful former Hungarian soldier who sought to bring the occupants the food and supplies they needed. The story included the desperate search for flour, how the
I read this book when i was around 15 years old and there was an Israeli war on Lebanon, i lived this book more than just reading it, now that i'm reviewing it i can only remember how i read it, sometimes on candle lights, and it was a huge emotional experience that i cannot help but giving it 5 stars
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