Details

Subject(s)

• Authors, Swedish—20th century—Biography [Browse]
• World War, 1939-1945—Sweden [Browse]
• Lindgren, Astrid 1907-2002 [Browse]
• Lindgren, Astrid 1907-2002—Diaries [Browse]

Translator

• Death, Sarah [Browse]

Writer of foreword

• Nyman, Karin [Browse]

Library of Congress genre(s)

• Diaries [Browse]

Getty AAT genre

• diaries [Browse]

Summary note

Before she became internationally known for her Pippi Longstocking books, Astrid Lindgren was an aspiring author living in Stockholm with her family at the outbreak of the Second World War. The diaries she kept throughout the hostilities offer a civilian's, a mother's, and an aspiring writer's unique account of the devastating conflict. She emerges as a morally courageous critic of violence and war, as well as a deeply sensitive and astute observer of world affairs. We hear her thoughts about rationing, blackouts, the Soviet invasion of Finland, and the nature of evil, as well as of her personal heartbreaks, financial struggles, and trials as a mother and writer.

Notes

"First published in 2015 as Krigsdagböcker 1939-1945 by Salikon Förlag, Sweden."

Other title(s)

Astrid Lindgren : war diaries 1939-1945

ISBN

• 9780300220049 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
• 0300220049 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
• 9780300234565
• 0300234562

LCCN

2016952135

OCLC

946481705

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