{"product_id":"a-burnt-child-stig-dagerman-9780816677993","title":"A Burnt Child","description":"\u003cp\u003eAfter the international success of his collection of World War II newspaper articles, \u003ci\u003eGerman Autumn\u003c\/i\u003e--a book that solidified his status as the most promising and exciting writer in Sweden--Stig Dagerman was sent to France with an assignment to produce more in this journalistic style. But he could not write the much-awaited follow-up. Instead, he holed up in a small French village and in the summer of 1948 created what would be his most personal, poignant, and shocking novel: \u003ci\u003eA Burnt Child\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSet 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWritten in a taut and beautifully naturalistic tone, Dagerman illuminates the rich atmospheres of Bengt's life, both internal and eternal: from his heartache and fury to the moody streets of Stockholm and the Hitchcockian shadows of tension and threat in the woods and waters of Sweden's remote islands. \u003ci\u003eA Burnt Child\u003c\/i\u003e remains Dagerman's most widely read novel, both in Sweden and worldwide, and is one of the crowning works of his short but celebrated career. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stig Dagerman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0816677999\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780816677993\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/24\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/09\/2015 pg. 42","brand":"Stig Dagerman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44080645406975,"sku":"9780816677993","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_c8a81f7f-a18f-452b-b59f-6dba624ea47b.jpg?v=1685487982","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-burnt-child-stig-dagerman-9780816677993","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}