Where Is Anne Frank
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- £10.99
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- £10.99
Publisher Description
A beautifully designed graphic novel bringing to life Kitty, Anne Frank’s imaginary confidant, as she searches for her missing friend in the modern world.
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I had no clue when I came back to life, or how it happened. I just know there was a terrible storm outside the house . . .
It's the middle of the night at the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, when a thunderbolt shatters the glass case holding history’s most famous diary.
Magically, Anne's imaginary friend, Kitty, comes to life. But when Kitty learns that Anne and her beloved sister Margot died in the war 75 years earlier, she decides to run away, taking the diary with her.
Following the path of the sisters all the way to where they met their fatal end, Kitty encounters the European refugee crisis and Anne’s legacy. Join Kitty on her journey of discovery in Where Is Anne Frank . . .
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Praise for Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation
'A stunning, haunting work of art . . . The comedy of the diary - one of the book's most charming and often overlooked aspects - shines in this form' New York Times Book Review
'Faithful to the spirit and often the language of the diary . . . the beautiful artwork offers a charming and convincing view of Anne on the page' Economist
'A modern classic' The Times
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Folman follows up Anne Frank's Diary: The Graphic Adaptation with a fanciful tale that extends Anne's legacy to the contemporary refugee crisis in Europe and is carried off with graceful drawings by Israeli artist Guberman. As tourists line up outside the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam, a bolt of lightning strikes Anne's famous diary, bringing her imaginary friend Kitty to life. As the redheaded embodiment of Anne's longing for a companion, Kitty is surprised to learn of Anne's fame and of her death at the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp in 1945. Kitty balks at a theatrical production that misquotes Anne's belief in human goodness, when Anne's actual diary conveyed fear as well as charm: "What chance do I have of surviving anyway?" Kitty is most disturbed when she follows a skinny, brown-skinned pickpocket named Peter, who introduces her to contemporary refugee families evading deportation in cramped hideouts like the Franks'. Holding the diary hostage from a society that wants to make Anne an icon while ignoring its hypocrisies, Kitty leaps through the streets of Amsterdam. The parallel story of Awa, another young refugee, is brief but weighty, thanks to Guberman's more realistic style on these pages. When Kitty finally returns to a swirl of ink, it's implied she lives on metaphorically whenever people apply the lessons of Anne Frank's life to contemporary situations. The premise steps out on a limb, but it lands a strong message.
