by Marianne Fredriksson · Suuri suomalainen kirjakerho · Tapa dura · ISBN 9789516439511
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«Simon» is a novel by Marianne Fredriksson, published by Suuri suomalainen kirjakerho in hardback (368 pages, in Finnish).
Simon Larsson, an adopted child of Jewish origin, grows up in a working-class family in Gothenburg during the Second World War. His friendship with Isak and the discovery of music open a path to maturity, in a story that interweaves the lives of two families, identity and the memory of the war.
Originally published in Swedish as «Simon och ekarna» in 1985; this Finnish edition appeared in 2000 and is a translation by Laura Jänisniemi.
For readers of historical and coming-of-age novels with a European wartime backdrop.
Marianne Fredriksson was a Swedish author who worked and lived in Roslagen and Stockholm. Before becoming a novelist, she was a journalist for various Swedish newspapers and magazines, including Svenska Dagbladet.
