The Bat-chen Diaries

by Bat-chen Shahak

In 1996, on her 15th birthday, Bat-Chen Shahak was killed by a suicide bomber in Tel Aviv's Dizengoff Center. But the gifted teenager left behind a rich legacy of diaries, letters, poems and drawings. Following her death, her parents gathered her writings and created The Bat-Chen Diaries ; this is the first English translation of her work.

110 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2008

Reviews

[Fragmentage · Rating 3 out of 5]

es ist die herzzerreißende Geschichte eines jungen Mädchens, das viel zu früh aus dem Leben gerissen wurde. Leider hat mich die Aufbereitung ihrer Gedichte und Tagebuchaufzeichnungen im persönlichen und politischen Zusammenhang nicht so sehr berührt, wie ich es erwartet hätte. Ich kann mir vorstellen, dass es teilweise an der Schwierigkeit liegt, Poesie überzeugend in eine andere Sprache zu übertragen, aber ich fand auch den Aufbau insgesamt eher schwach. Gerne würde ich das Tagebuch im hebräischen Original lesen und kann mir die Texte gut für den Unterricht an israelischen Schulen vorstellen.

[Perlie · Rating 3 out of 5]

Touching collection of writing by Bat-Chen. Her voice comes off the page, and you meet a thoughtful and real person who has a strong soul and heart. I wonder who she would have grown to become.

[Carolina Colleene · Rating 3 out of 5]

Language - G, Sexual Content - G; Violence - G
Bat-Chen was all about peace--no wars, no fear of wars. She wrote poems in her diaries, and this book is filled with her writing.
I enjoyed Bat-Chen's poems, my favorite being Songs. I love the vision Bat-Chen had and wish she would've lived through the bombing she died in at age 15, the world needs more people like her.
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