by Marianne Fredriksson · Longanesi & C., Milano · tapa dura · ISBN 9788830416888
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«Simon» is the historical fiction novel by Marianne Fredriksson, published in 1999 by Longanesi & C. in hardcover (432 pages, in Italian).
Simon grows up in Sweden between the late 1920s and the 1960s. A secret about his birth makes him feel different and isolated. His friendship with Isaak, a Jewish boy, helps him overcome that isolation and understand that pain is part of everyone's life.
The original work, «Simon och ekarna», was published in 1985; this 1999 Italian edition, translated by C. Giorgetti Cima, is part of the «La Gaja scienza» collection.
For those interested in historical fiction and Scandinavian narrative set around the Second World War.
Marianne Fredriksson was a Swedish author who worked and lived in Roslagen and Stockholm. Before becoming a novelist, she was a journalist for various Swedish newspapers and magazines, including Svenska Dagbladet.
