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A review by sxtwo
Anne Frank: The Book, the Life, the Afterlife by Francine Prose
3.0
Prose details the history of Diary from its inception to the late 1990s when the Critical Edition (which includes all of Anne's writing from the Annex) was published.
Prose argues convincingly that Anne was a great writer even at 15 that hoped that her diary would be published and that she crafted and recrafted the characters and dialogue accordingly.
When I read the Diary as a child, I was taught that she wrote just for herself. Prose's argument that Anne's craft was already so developed even at 15 somehow makes her murder even more heartbreaking.
I need to reread Diary now!
Prose argues convincingly that Anne was a great writer even at 15 that hoped that her diary would be published and that she crafted and recrafted the characters and dialogue accordingly.
When I read the Diary as a child, I was taught that she wrote just for herself. Prose's argument that Anne's craft was already so developed even at 15 somehow makes her murder even more heartbreaking.
I need to reread Diary now!