The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren

Jonathan affectionately calls him Breadcrumbs. The younger brother Carl is 10 years old. Adults admire him, and children love to play with Jonathan because he knows how to come up with interesting games and fun. He is a smart, handsome and very talented boy. The Leyon family is very poor, so they are forced to live in an old wooden house. They meet in Nangiyala.īrothers Carl and Jonathan Leijon live in a small Swedish town whose name is not mentioned. His older brother Jonathan tries to comfort him somehow and promises that one day they will meet in the magical land of Nangiyale.

What awaits us after the end of life? Emptiness? Clouds and harps? Butterfly reincarnation? Or maybe a new, wonderful world filled with colors, conversations around a warm fire and adventures that you dare not even dream of? Nine-year-old Carl Leion, nicknamed Sukharik, is ill with tuberculosis and knows that he will soon die.

The Brothers Lionheart is here to help them experience the widest range of human emotions - together with you.Īdventures From Morning to Evening I don't mind dying, I'll gladly do that, but not right now, I need to clean the house first.Scandinavian literature summaries - 2023 Short summary - The Brothers Lionheart Astrid Lindgren They are a way of ensuring that children are emotionally prepared to face hurdles that life will lay in front of them. If children today do not know that life is much more than having the latest iPad, flastscreen TV or toy, it is because we have not allowed them to sample, to taste the richness of life that can be accessed in books.Ĭhildren's books are here to let children explore the full magnitude of life - in a safe environment.Ĭhildren's books are the sandbox of reality. The Brothers Lionheart is for children and the child in you. And this is too heavy handed for my kid.' I know what you are thinking - 'This isn't for me. Jonathan looks like a 'prince in a saga', with his golden hair and beautiful dark blue eyes, perfectly white teeth and straight legs. He dotes over his sick younger brother Karl.

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Oh yes, I forgot to mention - Karl dies on page 14.Īnd then at the end of the book. Karl is also the narrator of the story and a masterful observer of the surreal events that surround him. Karl is a sickly, bed-ridden boy plagued by a exhausting cough that is eating his life away. The main character of this novel is Karl Lion - called affectionately Rusky by his older brother Jonathan Lion. Topics that are difficult to approach in a sensitive, yet non-preachy manner.

The Brothers Lionheart by Astrid Lindgren