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The Devil's Arithmetic is the author's first book that deals explicitly with Jewish themes. [2] While writing the novel, Yolen spent a week at an Indianapolis private school; when she explained to students about her forthcoming work, one student asked if Yolen had made up the events of the novel, based on the real story of the Holocaust. [2]
Jane Hyatt Yolen was born on February 11, 1939, at Beth Israel Medical Center in Manhattan.She is the first child of Isabell Berlin Yolen, a psychiatric social worker who became a full-time mother and homemaker upon Yolen's birth, and Will Hyatt Yolen, a journalist who wrote columns at the time for New York newspapers, [5] and whose family emigrated from Ukraine to the United States. [1]
The Devil's Arithmetic is a 1999 TV movie based on the historical novel of the same name by Jane Yolen. It stars Kirsten Dunst as Hannah Stern and costars Brittany Murphy, Louise Fletcher, and Mimi Rogers. Dustin Hoffman introduces the film but is uncredited and serves as an executive producer with Mimi Rogers. [1]
Robert J. Avrech is an American screenwriter whose works include the 1984 film Body Double (with Brian De Palma) [1] and A Stranger Among Us (). [2] He won an Emmy Award for his screenplay The Devil's Arithmetic, based on the young adult novel by Jane Yolen.
The Devil's Arithmetic (film) Dexter's Laboratory: Ego Trip; Dockers (film) Dogmatic (film) Don't Look Behind You; Don't Look Under the Bed; Double Platinum (film) Down Will Come Baby; The Duchess and the Devil; Durango (film) Dybt vand
Robert is a young boy who suffers from mathematical anxiety due to his boredom in school. His mother is Mrs. Wilson. He also experiences recurring dreams—including falling down an endless slide or being eaten by a giant fish—but is interrupted from this sleep habit one night by a small devil creature who introduces himself as the Number Devil.
Donna Deitch (born June 8, 1945, San Francisco, California) is an American film and television director, producer, screenwriter, and actor best known for her 1985 film Desert Hearts.
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