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'A breathtaking read' - Die Welt One of the twentieth century's greatest children's writers - and the creator of Pippi Longstocking -reveals her very personal take on the Second World War 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.
TITLE: A World Gone Mad
AUTHOR: Astrid Lindgren
SKU: 9781782272311
PUBLISHER: Pushkin Press
DATE PUBLISHED: 27/10/2016
PLACE PUBLISHED: United Kingdom
PAGES: 240
BINDING: Hardback
LANGUAGE: English;Swedish
DIMENSIONS: 153 mm x 234 mm
