Brothers Lionheart - Softcover

Astrid Lindgren

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0192729047 ISBN 13: 9780192729040

Publisher: Oxford Childrens, 2009

Synopsis

There's no one Karl Lion loves more than his older brother, Jonathan, who is brave, strong, and handsome - everything Karl believes he is not. Karl never wants to be parted from him. But Karl is sick, and knows he's going to die. To comfort him, Jonathan tells him stories of Nangiyala, the
wonderful place he'll be going to when he dies, and where he will wait until Jonathan is ready to join him there.

Then the unthinkable happens . . . Jonathan is killed in an accident. Heartbroken, Karl longs for the day he'll be reunited with his brother. When the time comes, he finds Nangiyala just as wonderful as he'd imagined. However, Nangiyala is under threat. A cruel tyrant is determined to claim it as
his own, and at his command is a terrible beast that is feared throughout the land.

Karl must summon all of his courage to help his brother prepare for the battle that lies ahead . . .

About this title

From the Publisher:

The Brothers Lionheart is a remarkable book. Astrid Lindgren surely gains new stature in a probing world far removed from Pippi Longstocking -- this one is far deeper, and more demanding of courage, than any of Lindgren's previous works. Even on a surface level, the story must be her most unusual and unexpected; but what sticks in the mind are the endlessly fascinating quesions she raises. Lindgren is speculating not only on the human situation but on the very nature of what may or may nor lie very darkly beyond it. It may be unsettling, but that's exactly as it should be.

--Lloyd Alexander

About the Author:

Born in Sweden in 1907. During the course of her life she wrote over 40 books for children. She once commented: 'I write to amuse the child within me, and can only hope that other children may have some fun that way too.' Many of her stories are based upon her memories of childhood, and
filled with lively and unconventional characters. Perhaps the best known is Pippi Longstocking, first published in Sweden in 1945. It was an immediate success with children, and was later published in England in 1954. During her lifetime, Lindgren was awarded dozens of Swedish and international
prizes for her writing, among them the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen medal in 1958. In 1989 a theme park dedicated to her - Astrid Lindgren's World - was opened in the author's home town of Vimmerby. She died in 2002.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford Childrens
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0192729047
• ISBN 13: 9780192729040
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 192