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A Burnt Child

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Stig Dagerman’s influential novel about a young man’s troubling journey through despair and illicit passion.

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.

Language: English

Pages: 264

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Quartet Books

Release: May 06, 1991

ISBN: 0704301253

ISBN 13: 9780704301252

A Burnt Child

4.1/5 ( ratings)

Stig Dagerman’s influential novel about a young man’s troubling journey through despair and illicit passion.

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.

Language: English

Pages: 264

Format: Hardcover

Publisher: Quartet Books

Release: May 06, 1991

ISBN: 0704301253

ISBN 13: 9780704301252

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