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War diaries 1939-1945 = Krigsdagböcker 1939-1945

Title
War diaries 1939-1945 = Krigsdagböcker 1939-1945 / Astrid Lindgren ; translated from the Swedish by Sarah Death ; with a foreword by Karin Nyman.
Author
Lindgren, Astrid, 1907-2002
Publication
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2016.

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Additional Authors
  • Death, Sarah
  • Nyman, Karin
Description
235 pages : illustrations; 25 cm
Summary
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.
Uniform Title
Krigsdagböcker 1939-1945. English
Alternative Title
  • Krigsdagböcker 1939-1945.
  • Astrid Lindgren : war diaries 1939-1945
Subject
  • Lindgren, Astrid, 1907-2002
  • Lindgren, Astrid, 1907-2002 > Diaries
  • World War (1939-1945)
  • 1900-1999
  • Authors, Swedish > 20th century > Biography
  • World War, 1939-1945 > Sweden
  • Authors, Swedish
  • Sweden
Genre/Form
  • Diaries.
  • Biography.
Note
  • "First published in 2015 as Krigsdagböcker 1939-1945 by Salikon Förlag, Sweden" -- Title page verso.
Call Number
JFE 17-1176
ISBN
  • 9780300220049
  • 0300220049
LCCN
2016952135
OCLC
946481705
Author
Lindgren, Astrid, 1907-2002, author.
Title
War diaries 1939-1945 = Krigsdagböcker 1939-1945 / Astrid Lindgren ; translated from the Swedish by Sarah Death ; with a foreword by Karin Nyman.
Publisher
New Haven : Yale University Press, 2016.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Chronological Term
1900-1999
Added Author
Death, Sarah, translator.
Nyman, Karin, writer of foreword.
Research Call Number
JFE 17-1176
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