Ondskan
by Jan Guillou
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Beaten by the sadistic stepfather for years daily, Erik changes many schools, until finally, a boarding school is the last chance for the high school graduation. He comes from bad to worse: the older students abusing the younger, the teachers look away. A disturbing but enthralling, even philosophical book. Guillou has written an autobiographical book about his school years, Ondskan (1981), (Zlo), which also became a movie, Evil (2003).Tags
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Helt ärligt hade den varit bättre om Erik inte hade varit Guillous Mary Sue.
A book I remember as touching, although I was a bit tired of literature focusing on suffering teenagers at the moment.
"Exista intotdeauna o limita cand ratiunea invinge sentimentele."
"Erik är van att få stryk. Hans farsa slår honom varje dag. I plugget är Erik ledare för ett gäng som begår brott. När gänget åker fast måste Erik börja i internatskolan Stjärnsberg. Och här är våldet värre än hemma, mycket värre. Ondskan är en fruktansvärd bok om våld och grymhet."
Jan 15, 2021Swedish
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical title*
- Ondskan
- Original title
- Ondskan
- Original publication date
- 1981
- People/Characters
- Erik Ponti; Pierre Tanguy; Otto Silverhielm; Gustaf Dahlén
- Important places
- Stockholm, Sweden
- Related movies
- Ondskan (2003 | IMDb)
- First words*
- Slaget träffade högt upp på höger kindben.
- Last words*
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Så tog han det första lånsamma steget mot den förstenade mannen.
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Classifications
- Genres
- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 839.73 — Literature & rhetoric German & related literatures Other Germanic literatures Swedish literature Swedish fiction
- LCC
- PT9876.17 .G962 .O582010 — Language and Literature German, Dutch and Scandinavian literatures Swedish literature Individual authors or works 1961-2000
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- 470
- Popularity
- 64,709
- Reviews
- 4
- Rating
- (3.82)
- Languages
- 14 — Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Lithuanian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Swedish
- Media
- Paper, Audiobook, Ebook
- ISBNs
- 50
- ASINs
- 1
