“Wenn nur der Tod nicht so schwer wäre und wir nicht so klein und…” — Mio, My Son 📚 log(book)

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Wenn nur der Tod nicht so schwer wäre und wir nicht so klein und einsam.

Cover of Mio, My Son.

Mio, My Son

by Astrid Lindgren · published 1954 · read 2001-02-01

★★★★★

Mio, my Mio. A book for children, with heart-breaking beauty. The beauty is in how it uses fairytale and lyrical resonance to spin a story that is both familiar and strange. It meant a lot to me: The unhappy boy who runs away from home, only to find out that he's the prince of a magical realm – but the realm is in trouble. There is love in every word. It's This Is How You Lose The Time War, only for children.