Joffo Joseph: Un Sac de Billes

This largely autobiographical work describes the flight of two young Jewish boys from persecution in WW2 France. Its introduction provides an historical context to the story, and enquires into the causes of antisemitism in France in the 1940s.`... the annotations are judicious and the comments persuasively on the literary, linguistic and documentary qualities of writing which is both humorous and depreciatory, retrospectively indulgent towards the conventions of the genre ... and lucid about persistent ideological realities.' - French Studies`This edition, with its thorough introduction and notes, will make an excellent set text for sixth-year pupils.' - Forum for Modern Language Studies