Johnny, My Friend
by Peter Pohl
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Stoccolma, primi anni '50: l'undicenne Krille narra della sua amicizia con Jan, rosso di capelli, spericolato, esperto di biciclette e inoltre senza genitori né casa, di dubbia identità e facile preda di loschi meccanismi. Pianta di Stoccolma, notizie sull'autore. [Librissimi 2006, 2-blg-art-av]Tags
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I think everyone should read this book. It's a story about friendship and first love, but also about child abuse and grief. Written in a way that builds the exitement.
Vilken debut! Pohl skriver med säker hand en i det närmaste fulländad berättelse som fängslar och imponerar.
Mar 25, 2011Swedish
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title
- Johnny, My Friend
- Original title
- Janne, min vän
- Original publication date
- 1985; 1991 (Nederlandse vertaling) (Nederlandse vertaling)
- People/Characters
- Janne; Krille
- Important places
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Related movies
- My Friend Joe (1996 | IMDb)
- First words*
- 'Jongens, kennen jullie die?' vroeg een smeris en haalde Jans fiets te voorschijn.
- Original language*
- Zweeds
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Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, Children's Books, Teen, Young Adult
- DDC/MDS
- 839.73 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures Other Germanic literatures Swedish literature Swedish fiction
- LCC
- PT9876.26 .O37 .J3615 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures Swedish literature Individual authors or works 1961-2000
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- 116
- Popularity
- 279,839
- Reviews
- 2
- Rating
- (4.14)
- Languages
- 8 — Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian, Swedish
- Media
- Paper
- ISBNs
- 21
- ASINs
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