02865nam 2200481 450 991014863600332120221228145620.010.12987/9780300224481(CKB)3710000000918299(MiAaPQ)EBC4728132(DE-B1597)540558(DE-B1597)9780300224481(OCoLC)1143798457(MiAaPQ)EBC7027012(Au-PeEL)EBL7027012(EXLCZ)99371000000091829920221228d2016 uy 0engurcnu||||||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierWar diaries 1939-1945 =Krigsdagböcker 1939-1945 /Astrid Lindgren ; translated by Sarah Death ; with a foreword by Karin NymanNew Haven, Connecticut :Yale University Press,[2016]©20161 online resource (241 pages) illustrations, photographsFrontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword / Nyman, Karin -- Translator's Note / Death, Sarah -- Diary 1939 -- Diary 1940 -- Diary 1941 -- Diary 1942 -- Diary 1943 -- Diary 1944 -- Diary 1945 -- Glossary of NamesThese personal diaries kept by Astrid Lindgren, author of the world famous Pippi Longstocking books, chronicle the horrors of World War II. 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. Posthumously published in Sweden to great international acclaim, these diaries were called in the Swedish press an "unparalleled war narrative," "unprecedented." and a "shocking history lesson." Illustrated with family photographs, newspaper clippings, and facsimile pages, Lindgren's diaries provide an intensely personal and vivid account of Europe during the war.Authors, Swedish20th centuryBiographyWorld War, 1939-1945SwedenAuthors, SwedishWorld War, 1939-1945839.7372Lindgren Astrid1907-2002,744798Death SarahNyman KarinMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910148636003321War Diaries, 1939-19452895851UNINA