Set in a working-class neighborhood in Stockholm, A Burnt Child revolves around a young man named Bengt who falls into deep, private turmoil with the unexpected death of his mother. Written in a taut and beautifully naturalistic tone, it remains Stig Dagerman's most widely read novel and is one of the crowning works of his short but celebrated career.
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Set in a working-class neighborhood in Stockholm, A Burnt Child revolves around a young man named Bengt who falls into deep, private turmoil with the unexpected death of his mother. Written in a taut and beautifully naturalistic tone, it remains Stig Dagerman's most widely read novel and is one of the crowning works of his short but celebrated career.
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Add this copy of A Burnt Child: a Novel to cart. $5.98, very good condition, Sold by Midtown Scholar Bookstore rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Harrisburg, PA, UNITED STATES, published 2013 by Univ Of Minnesota Press.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. The author's first book to be translated into English. Translated from the Swedish by Alan Blair. First American edition. Very good in a very good (two small chips along the top edge of the rear panel, minor edge wear, age darkened along the spine) dust jacket.
Add this copy of A Burnt Child to cart. $29.95, very good condition, Sold by Last Exit Books rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Charlottesville, VA, UNITED STATES, published 1950 by Chatto & Windus.
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Very Good. Hardcover. 8vo. Chatto & Windus. 1950. 264 pgs. First Edition/First Printing. DJ has chipping, shelf-wear and tape repairs present to the DJ especially around the extremities (see photo). Bound in cloth boards. Boards have shelf-wear present to the extremities. No ownership marks present. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Set in a working-class neighborhood in Stockholm, the story revolves around a young man named Bengt who falls into deep, private turmoil with the unexpected death of his mother. As he struggles to cope with her loss, his despair slowly transforms to rage when he discovers his father had a mistress. But as Bengt swears revenge on behalf of his mother's memory, he also finds himself drawn into a fevered and conflicted relationship with this woman—a turn that causes him to question his previous faith in morality, virtue, and fidelity. E-144.
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