Katitzi och Lump-Nicke

The seventh part in Katarina "Katitzi" Taikon's semi-autobiographical series about a young Romani girl's youth in 1940's Sweden. Katitzi and her family are finally living in a house - drafty and old and rat-infested, but a house nonetheless. And the rest of the camp's members live around them. Johan Taikon is forced to go to hospital and Katitzi's stepmother goes to visit her gajé (non-gypsy) family, so in this installment of the series, Katitzi is free to wander and visit her friends, who are also outcasts. The story really shows the separation between "regular" people in society and those who stand apart. Nowadays, the gap (at least in Sweden) is minimized, but at this time, there was a vast chasm between your everyday Swede and the show more gypsies, drunks, and the poor. The book may be written for children to battle prejudice and promote cultural understanding, but everyone regardless of age should read it for historical and social purposes. show less