It has been translated into eighteen languages and in 1975 it was adapted to film.
A bag of marbles joseph joffo.
The beginning of the book starts off during what would seem to be any ordinary day for a ten year old boy who has just lost a game of marbles to his.
He is the author of several books but he is best known for his memoir a bag of marbles published in 1973.
A bag of marbles.
A bag of marbles by joseph joffo is a truly amazing story of how the author himself and his brother maurice travel throughout france and other parts of europe in 1941 to escape nazi capture.
A noted autobiographer joffo was perhaps best known for his memoir un sac de billes a bag of marbles which has been translated into eighteen languages.
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Like many of joffo s books a bag of marbles was based on his life story.
Joseph joffo was born in paris in 1931.
Un sac de billes is a second world war autobiographical novel by the french jewish author joseph joffo it tells the story of his flight as a small boy with his brother maurice to escape from nazi occupied france to the zone libre.
Joffo was refused by many publishers before being encouraged by the newly founded publishing house éditions jean claude lattès to get.
Official website for a bag of marbles based on the best selling french novel un sac de billes by joseph joffo.
After the war joseph his mother and.
Joseph joffo 2 april 1931 6 december 2018 was a french author.