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What would you pick? (piefed.cdn.blahaj.zone)

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[–] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Turkish elementary-school books.

Wanna read about a small girl getting beat up by her dad and kicked out before freezing to death as she vividly imagines her dead grandma and lighting matchsticks to prolong her suffering for 20 pages?

I think author was either Russian or Danish. Still no clue why that was a required read at age of 7 in my school.

[–] tamal3@lemmy.world 14 points 2 days ago (2 children)

not hans christian Anderson's "little matchstick girl"?

[–] Nounka@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

It is a depressing storie. Even while it has a she is better now - end

[–] nyctre@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Yeah, sounds like a variation of that. Or maybe even the inspiration for it, who knows.