Before she became internationally known for her children's books, Astrid Lindgren was an aspiring author living in Stockholm with her family at the outbreak of the Second World War. These diaries, until recently stored in a wicker laundry basket in her Dalagatan home, offer a civilian, a mother, and an aspiring writer's unique account of a world devastated by conflict. In these diaries Lindgren emerges as a morally courageous critic of violence and war, as well as a deeply sensitive and astute observer of world affairs. She provides insights into the Soviet invasion of Finland and the ambiguities of Swedish neutrality, and asks questions about the nature of evil, and our capacity, as individuals, to stand against such malevolent forces. Alongside political events, Lindgren includes delightful vignettes of domestic life: shortages of butter, blackouts, dinner menus and children's birthdays, and moving descriptions of her marriage. And these diaries also reveal her emergence as a writer: the bedtime stories she invented for her daughter during this terrible period eventually became Pippi Longstocking, one of the most famous and beloved children's books of the twentieth century. Posthumously published in Sweden to great acclaim, and now available for the first time in English, illustrated with family photographs, Lindgren's diaries provide an intensely personal and vivid chronicle of Europe at war.
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Pushkin Press
ISBN-13
9781782273073
eBay Product ID (ePID)
17046405823
Product Key Features
Author
Astrid Lindgren
Publication Name
A World Gone Mad: the Diaries of Astrid Lindgren, 1939-45
Format
Paperback
Language
English
Subject
History
Publication Year
2017
Type
Textbook
Number of Pages
240 Pages
Dimensions
Item Height
198mm
Item Width
129mm
Additional Product Features
Title_Author
Astrid Lindgren
Topic
Books
Country/Region of Manufacture
United Kingdom
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