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Easter was the perfect time to read this.
Combination of portal fantasy and original fairy tale, this is written in a more stylized fashion than her other books, and probably aimed at younger readers than Pippi or Ronja as well. Mio, an unloved orphan in our world, finds that in the land of Faraway he is the beloved, long-lost prince. He has a doting father, a beautiful and magical horse, lives in a palace, is surrounded by friends. But the dark side of this is that other children in Farawayland are being kidnapped by the evil Sir Kato,
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This book is absolutely wonderous. I would argue that this particular translation is a little bit off, but hardly enough to make it any less than great. While it is technically a children's books, it can be read, appreciated and have tears shed for it by everyone. Mio, My Son is an archetypal story that still elaborates and that is glorious.
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I think it's been close to 20 years since I read this last, so I only remembered the story in very broad strokes. It's written as a traditional fairytale, with all of the expected hallmarks. While aimed at children, it's a lot scarier than most of her other books, and I think that's probably why it's not as well known.
I liked it well enough, but I seem to recall it being one of my favourites as a child, and that's certainly not the case any longer. Probably precisely because it's written as a fa ...more
I liked it well enough, but I seem to recall it being one of my favourites as a child, and that's certainly not the case any longer. Probably precisely because it's written as a fa ...more
Ĉi tiu fantazia historio estas verkita de la fama Astrid Lindgrin. Malgranda, nevolita knabo venas al la Landa Fora, kie li estas reĝido kaj devas venki kontraŭ la malica kavaliro Ĥato. La historio ne estis komplika kaj la vortoj estas kiel maljunaj fabeloj.
Ĉi tiu kopio havis erarojn ofte kun citilojn (aŭ eble citiloj funkcias malsame en Germanio?). Mi facile legis ĝin post duono de la libro, kaj lernis novajn vortojn kiel “retumilo,” “gvatisto,” kaj “teksistino.” Ankoraŭ mi bezonas dekdu minuto ...more
Ĉi tiu kopio havis erarojn ofte kun citilojn (aŭ eble citiloj funkcias malsame en Germanio?). Mi facile legis ĝin post duono de la libro, kaj lernis novajn vortojn kiel “retumilo,” “gvatisto,” kaj “teksistino.” Ankoraŭ mi bezonas dekdu minuto ...more
Jun 15, 2018
Lisa Vegan
marked it as to-read
