A fairy tale
By: Jonas T. Bengtsson ; translated from the Danish by Charlotte Barslund
Contributors: Barslund, Charlotte
Publisher: Other Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 457
ISBN-13: 9781590516942; 9781590516959
Subjects: Literary; Family secrets; Coming of Age; Fiction; Fathers and sons; FICTION
Work titles: Et eventyr
Description: "In a Europe without borders, where social norms have become fragile, a son must confront the sins of his father and grandfather, and invent new strategies for survival A young boy grows up with a loving father who has little respect for the law. They are always on the run, and as they move from place to place, the boy is often distraught to leave behind new friendships. Because it would be dicey for him to go to school, his anarchistic father gives him an unconventional education intended to contradict as much as possible the teachings of his own father, a preacher and a pervert. Ten years later, when the boy is entering adulthood, with a fake name and a monotonous job, he tries to conform to the demands of ordinary life, but the lessons of the past thwart his efforts, and questions about his father's childhood cannot be left unanswered. Spanning the mid-1980s to early-twenty-first-century in Copenhagen, this coming-of-age novel examines what it means to be a stranger in the modern world, and how, for better or for worse, a father's legacy is never passed on in any predictable fashion"--
Notes: "First published in Danish as Et eventyr in 2011 by Rosinante, Copenhagen, Denmartk"--Title page verso.