Doctor Esperanto and the Language of Hope
Type
Book
Authors
ISBN 10
0763689157
ISBN 13
9780763689155
Category
CHILDREN FICTION
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Publication Year
2019
Publisher
Pages
40
Subject
Esperanto -- History -- Juvenile literature; Zamenhof, L. L (Ludwik Lazar), 1859-1917 -- Juvenile literature.
Abstract
"Life was harsh in the town of Bialystok, particularly for a Jewish boy like Leyzer Zamenhof. But Leyzer thought he knew the reason for the anger and distrust. With every group speaking a different language, how could people understand each other? Without understanding, how could there be peace? Zamenhof had an idea: a "universal" second language everyone could speak. But a language that would be easy to learn was not easy to invent, especially when even his own father stood between him and his dream. Yet when at last in 1887 "Doctor Esperanto" sent his words into the world, a boy's idea became a community that spread across the globe."-
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1
