Karel Poláček

We Were a Handful

Trans. Martin Daneš
Nous étions cinq Nous étions cinq
Nous étions cinq
La différence, 2017, 296 pp
9782729123161
Language: French

A favorite work of Czech humor, We Were a Handful depicts the adventures of five boys from a small Czech town through the diary of Petr Bajza, the grocer’s son.

Children’s and Young Adult

Written by Karel Poláček at the height of World War II before his deportation to Auschwitz in 1944, this book draws on the happier years of Poláček’s own childhood as inspiration. As we look upon the world through Petr’s eyes, we, too, marvel at the incomprehensible world of grownups; join in fights between gangs of neighborhood kids; and laugh at the charming language of boys, a major source of the book’s humor.

Nous étions cinq
La différence, 2017, 296 pp
9782729123161
Language: French