The Brothers Lionheart

Inbunden, 231 sidor

På English

Publicerades 1 mars 2004 av Purple House Inc.

ISBN:: 978-1-930900-24-0
Finna ID:: heili.5d6ce9c2-630a-4ff1-ad80-6756a8dcb72e

The Brothers Lionheart (Swedish: Bröderna Lejonhjärta) is a children's fantasy novel written by Astrid Lindgren. It was published in the autumn of 1973 and has been translated into 46 languages. Many of its themes are unusually dark and heavy for the children's book genre. Disease, death, tyranny, betrayal and rebellion are some of the dark themes that permeate the story. The lighter themes of the book involve platonic love, loyalty, hope, courage and pacifism.

The two main characters are two brothers; the older Jonatan and the younger Karl. The two brothers' surname was originally Lion, but they are generally known as Lionheart. Karl's nickname is Skorpan (Rusky) since Jonatan likes these typical Swedish toasts or crusts.

In Nangijala, a land in "the campfires and storytelling days", the brothers experience adventures. Together with a resistance group they lead the struggle against the evil Tengil, who rules with the aid …

The Brothers Lionheart (Swedish: Bröderna Lejonhjärta) is a children's fantasy novel written by Astrid Lindgren. It was published in the autumn of 1973 and has been translated into 46 languages. Many of its themes are unusually dark and heavy for the children's book genre. Disease, death, tyranny, betrayal and rebellion are some of the dark themes that permeate the story. The lighter themes of the book involve platonic love, loyalty, hope, courage and pacifism.

The two main characters are two brothers; the older Jonatan and the younger Karl. The two brothers' surname was originally Lion, but they are generally known as Lionheart. Karl's nickname is Skorpan (Rusky) since Jonatan likes these typical Swedish toasts or crusts.

In Nangijala, a land in "the campfires and storytelling days", the brothers experience adventures. Together with a resistance group they lead the struggle against the evil Tengil, who rules with the aid of the fearsome fire-breathing dragon, Katla.

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Every time I read Brothers Lionheart, I'm amazed at how good it is. How much better, braver, harsher it is than it truly needs to be; it's a children's book, after all, but a children's book that never pulls its punches. Sure there are some plot elements that stretch your suspension of disbelief (then again, given Astrid Lindgren's own explanation of the plot, they make perfect sense), but even so, the brothers and their fight remains not just a good children's version of the typical fantasy Evil Overlord plot but one of the best versions of it, period.

German translation: Good, and adds a certain something simply by having the (quite obviously Hitler-inspired) Tengil's troups shouting in German.

Ämnen

Brothers -- Fiction.
Fantasy.