Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Weekly Reader Books, New York, N.Y.
Date Published: 1965
Description: Good- No Jacket. G-hb in pictorial boards, no dj, shelf wear to cover edges and spine ends, covers rubbed and spine slightly cocked, corners bumped, name inside front cover and on cover page, text clean. read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Very Good. Great condition for a used book! Minimal wear. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Text in Danish, English. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 256 p. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. read more
Description: Good. Text in Danish, English. Trade paperback (US). Glued binding. 256 p. Intended for a juvenile audience. Intended for a young adult/teenage audience. read more
Description: Acceptable. Book is in good reading condition. Cover has wear at edges and corners, and may have creases. Spine has wear at edges and creases. read more
Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers! Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Edition: PROBABLY FIRST AMERICAN ED, dated 1965.
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World,, New York.
Date Published: 1965
Description: Translated fro the Danish by l. W. Kingsland. Jacket design by Charles McCurry. Fair in good dust jacket. These hardbacks were a class set that was VERY popular. Pages and binding intact, but certainly worn; edges worn down to the boards, dust jackets in sleeves taped to covers, covers loose, but pages clean and intact. Photograph is SPECIFIC to this listing. 190 pages. 21 cm. Please indulge me for a little. Does this sound like a child in a US ghetto or a child from one of the hundreds of ... read more
Binding: Unknown Binding
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World
Date Published: 1965
Description: Acceptable in Good or Better jacket. Ex-Library---190 pages. Interior is clean with the exception of usual library markings. Binding is split at title page. Boards have heavy rubbing along edges. Dust jacket has moderate rubbing and creasing to edges. -Publish Place: New York-Size: 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. read more
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Odyssey Classics, San Diego, California, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1990
ISBN-13:9780152575533ISBN:0152575537
Description: Near Fine. Ninth printing of this trade paperback edition. A trace of edge wear and a tiny creae to the top front corner, else fine. read more
Edition: Young American Book Club Edition
Binding: Very Good
Publisher: Harcourt, Brace & World, Inc, NY
Date Published: 1965
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Hardcpy Corners bumped, cardboard starting to show at corners, edgewear to some places, pages are clean with no markings, creases, rips, tears or writing to them. Translated from the Danish by L. W. Kingsland. read more
"Having seen a movie based on this book recently, I was interested in reading it. Parts of it are pretty close to the movie, but others are not. Still, it is an interesting read."
"I vaguely remembered this from the bookshelves in my parents' home. I found it a good read even after all these years--looked it up on amazon and I think it's been reissued under another title. Anyway, it's the story of David, a kid of indeterminate age (I'm guessing, young adolescent) who escapes from a concentration camp to make his way across Europe to safety.
The book gives very few clues about David's background or upbringing --pretty much all we, and he, know is that his name is David and he was raised in the camp. Initially I thought he was escaping from a Nazi camp but realized from clues in the book that he was escaping from an Eastern bloc camp sometime in the fiftes. For some reason unknown to David, the camp commandant has arranged an opportunity for David's escape and a few provisions, including a compass, with basic instructions for the journey ('hoof it to Greece, turn right at Thessalonika, stowaway to Italy...'). The story is of his journey, both physical (through Europe to Denmark) and psychological, as David begins to experience the world outside the bleakness and brutality of the camp. Although hampered by a severe ignorance of the world, he manages to negotiate its challenges, choosing his values along the way, literally and metaphorically finding his way to freedom.
Highly recommended for older children, although Isaac (12) didn't seem too interested. It may be off-putting because its subject is largely David's intense interior landscape rather than the gritty details of his journey.
One thing about the novel I found less-than-believable was David's unrelenting nobility of spirit, given that he was brought up among the realities of the Gulag. --a good example for young people but one I found improbable."
"The story was amazing, but the writing seemed a bit outdated, if writing can ever be outdated. Some of the dialog seemed forced. The story just seemed to quit- not really an ending."
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