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atticmoth's review against another edition
4.0
Part 1 of this book, “Fables and Short Stories,” comprises the fiction that Anne Frank refers to numerous times in her diary. While some have kept in mind that these fictions were written by a teenager, they stand on their own as solid works of fiction, even without the astounding historical context. Frank takes on a surrealistic tone similar to that of Leonora Carrington in some stories, and I found them thoroughly enjoyable to read through. Each story packs a lot into just a few pages, but contain moments of wisdom beyond the author’s years. My favorite was “Eve’s Dream,” but the beginning of her unfinished novel Cady’s Life has some really strong ideas too. The second part of the book was entitled “Personal Reminisces and Essays” and I feel would have been more effective if edited into her Diary. These are mostly autobiographical, but I suppose the distinction is that they describe a period of time before she started writing the diary?
catarinajjoia's review against another edition
4.0
Anne Frank was an incredibly writer. She was very young and you can still see her writing was a bit childish sometimes, but this book shows that if she could've lived longer, she would've become a very famous and talented writer.
My favourite parts of this book were her inner thoughts and daydreams, followed by her incomplete novel. Her short stories were pretty good too, but some of them were too "fable" like for my own taste.
Nevertheless, it was a great book and I'm really glad I bought it when I visited Anne Frank's house/museum! :)
My favourite parts of this book were her inner thoughts and daydreams, followed by her incomplete novel. Her short stories were pretty good too, but some of them were too "fable" like for my own taste.
Nevertheless, it was a great book and I'm really glad I bought it when I visited Anne Frank's house/museum! :)
oceanwriter's review against another edition
emotional
funny
inspiring
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
It was wonderful revisiting Anne Frank's writing. I've been meaning to read this since I read her diary in 2020. She was such an intelligent and introspective young woman. Reading fictional works by her gives even more insight into her mind. The fact that her novel goes unfinished serves as a good reminder of her fate. We are blessed to be able to read what she did complete along with her other short stories. A great addition to The Diary of a Young Girl!
Content Warnings
Minor: Bullying and War
bluehoolia's review against another edition
dark
emotional
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
in spanish Freyja and I are researching the Holocaust. because of this, I was interested in reading more about Anne Frank. I’ll probably end up reading her diary next month, but these stories and essays are amazing
zamyatins_fears's review against another edition
3.0
It’s been too long since I’ve read The Diary of Anne Frank to remember which of these story snippets and memoir scraps may have been included. However, I didn’t remember reading most of this, even though parts were vaguely familiar.
Anne Frank’s shorts are an interesting glimpse into her longings and her spirit. Certainly worth a read. However, I do have to rate this book lower because this edition has some major flaws. The unforgivable one being that one section is a mixture of memoir and short fiction, without any indication which is which – and many of her fiction pieces were wrote as if they were memoirs. It often becomes clear through context. For example – in one story, the first paragraph reveals that the narrator is 17, and Anne Frank didn’t live to see 16. So that one is fairly obvious, but some of them are fairly ambiguous until you get ½ way through.
So, basically it’s worth reading if your copy doesn’t include any of her short stories, or the memoir pages that were found separately, after the first publication of the diary. However, later publications may include these, so I’d do your own research.
Anne Frank’s shorts are an interesting glimpse into her longings and her spirit. Certainly worth a read. However, I do have to rate this book lower because this edition has some major flaws. The unforgivable one being that one section is a mixture of memoir and short fiction, without any indication which is which – and many of her fiction pieces were wrote as if they were memoirs. It often becomes clear through context. For example – in one story, the first paragraph reveals that the narrator is 17, and Anne Frank didn’t live to see 16. So that one is fairly obvious, but some of them are fairly ambiguous until you get ½ way through.
So, basically it’s worth reading if your copy doesn’t include any of her short stories, or the memoir pages that were found separately, after the first publication of the diary. However, later publications may include these, so I’d do your own research.
meitaeryanti's review against another edition
emotional
hopeful
reflective
relaxing
fast-paced
4.0
Kumpulan cerita dalam buku ini merupakan karya seorang gadis berusia 13 tahun yang ingin menjadi penulis atau jurnalis.
Sebagian besar berisi cerita dengan tokoh utama seorang gadis yang memiliki cita-cita tinggi, pemberani, dan baik hati. Sebagian lagi, bercerita tentang peri (yang juga periang dan baik) dan hewan peliharaan yang ingin menjelajah dunia. Ada bagian cerita tentang perjalanan seorang anak menemukan kebijaksanaan dalam dirinya dan memahami perasaannya.
Menarik banget sih membaca cerita-cerita pendek yang ditulis oleh seorang gadis berusia 13 tahun antara tahun 1942 - 1944 di tahun 2022 ini. Terutama ketika membaca cerita Blurry Si Penjelajah. Seriusan di tahun segitu di Eropa orang bisa memelihara beruang? Karena aku enggak kebayang sih manusia bisa memelihara beruang terus biasa saja melihat beruang kecil lari-larian di jalanan sampai masuk rumah orang gitu.
Lalu ada dua cerita (kalau tidak salah) dimana Anne Frank memberikan ‘healing’ pada karakternya dengan berjalan-jalan di alam dan mengingat Tuhan. Ini tentu erat hubungannya dengan kebiasaan sehari-hari penulis. Yang kubayangkan, pasti berat banget dia harus menjalani hidup bersembunyi di loteng selama dua tahun kalau dia sedemikian sukanya dengan alam ketika perang dunia kedu
submergedplane's review against another edition
3.0
Pretty amazing how much can be written when you're stuck in a closet for a few years.
nwhyte's review against another edition
4.0
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Quite a short book of the brief stories written by Anne Frank while in hiding, bulked out a little by prose set-pieces from her diary. To be honest they are more interesting as further enlightenment about the state of mind of the writer than as literature in themselves; not very surprisingly, the themes of being enclosed or trapped, and parental and family relations, recur in most of the pieces. Still, I doubt if my own scribblings at the age of fourteen or fifteen would stand up to scrutiny as these do.
Quite a short book of the brief stories written by Anne Frank while in hiding, bulked out a little by prose set-pieces from her diary. To be honest they are more interesting as further enlightenment about the state of mind of the writer than as literature in themselves; not very surprisingly, the themes of being enclosed or trapped, and parental and family relations, recur in most of the pieces. Still, I doubt if my own scribblings at the age of fourteen or fifteen would stand up to scrutiny as these do.
dean_issov's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
funny
hopeful
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
3.0
Last year I read The Diary Of Anne Frank and it was one of the best books that I read that year, ever since then I've been really wanting to read the stories she kept mentioning in her diary entries and finally I got to read it! This book is a collection of short stories and unfinished novellas written by Anne Frank herself. If you've read her diaries before reading this book, you can see more glimpses of how she really felt when she was writing her stories.
One of the few consistent themes that ran through the majority of the stories was nature, God and parental issues; there were many more social issues in her stories that every growing girl can relate to such as their feeling of belonging to a group in their school or neighborhood and the desire to have real friends. It was really interesting to read her stories because I got to know more about her thoughts on different topics like her ideas on what or who god is, it felt like she was a pantheist, a person who believes that god was nature itself, but I could be wrong since she was Jewish and it might be more likely that she believed in the Jewish god.
Overall, her stories may not be "the best", but really what else can you expect from short stories written by a little girl in the middle of a WAR? These short stories were entertaining and funny, but it also had some philosophical and religious substance; oh how great it could have been to see Anne Frank grow up to be a superb writer, she truly had potential.
One of the few consistent themes that ran through the majority of the stories was nature, God and parental issues; there were many more social issues in her stories that every growing girl can relate to such as their feeling of belonging to a group in their school or neighborhood and the desire to have real friends. It was really interesting to read her stories because I got to know more about her thoughts on different topics like her ideas on what or who god is, it felt like she was a pantheist, a person who believes that god was nature itself, but I could be wrong since she was Jewish and it might be more likely that she believed in the Jewish god.
Overall, her stories may not be "the best", but really what else can you expect from short stories written by a little girl in the middle of a WAR? These short stories were entertaining and funny, but it also had some philosophical and religious substance; oh how great it could have been to see Anne Frank grow up to be a superb writer, she truly had potential.
Content Warnings
Minor: Bullying, Kidnapping, and War