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Lille Virgil
I et hønsehus i en lille by bor Lille Virgil sammen med en enbenet hane, som vækker ham hver morgen. Han er ven med Oskar og Carl Emil, og sammen med dem oplever Lille Virgil mange eventyr. Et handler om en ensom stork, et andet om Carl Emils fødselsdagsfest og en skjult skat. Men ikke nok med det - Lille Virgil og hans venner møder også en drage med otte ben.
93 pages, Unknown Binding
First published January 1, 1967
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Ole Lund Kirkegaard
42 books43 followersOle Lund Kirkegaard, 1940-1979, dansk forfatter af børnebøger, som han selv har illustreret.
Hans personer, bl.a. i debutromanen Lille Virgil (1967), er ofte opfindsomme, legende børn, som sammen med skæve eksistenser og folkepensionister står i et modsætningsforhold til samfundets normer og autoriteter, dvs. fortravlede voksne, som har glemt at være børn.
En mere eventyrlig side findes i bøger som Hodja fra Pjort (1970) om drengen, der drager ud i den store verden for at finde sit flyvende tæppe, og Otto er et næsehorn (1972) om det tegnede næsehorn, som bliver levende og en god allieret i kampen mod de voksne.
Ole Lund Kirkegaard repræsenterer frem for nogen det, som er blevet kaldt 1960'ernes og 1970'ernes "kulturelle frisættelse af barnet". Flere af hans bøger er filmatiseret, bl.a. de tre her nævnte.
I 2010 udkom Jens Andersens biografi Ole Lund Kirkegaard, der baseret på et omfattende og hidtil ukendt kildemateriale bl.a. ser Ole Lund Kirkegaards liv i forhold til de samfundsstrømninger, som ledte til ungdomsoprøret i 1968. Biografien skildrer også konflikten mellem Ole Lund Kirkegaards stigende succes og hans problemer med at håndtere den. En konflikt, der i sidste ende førte til selvdestruktion og en alt for tidlig død.
Hans personer, bl.a. i debutromanen Lille Virgil (1967), er ofte opfindsomme, legende børn, som sammen med skæve eksistenser og folkepensionister står i et modsætningsforhold til samfundets normer og autoriteter, dvs. fortravlede voksne, som har glemt at være børn.
En mere eventyrlig side findes i bøger som Hodja fra Pjort (1970) om drengen, der drager ud i den store verden for at finde sit flyvende tæppe, og Otto er et næsehorn (1972) om det tegnede næsehorn, som bliver levende og en god allieret i kampen mod de voksne.
Ole Lund Kirkegaard repræsenterer frem for nogen det, som er blevet kaldt 1960'ernes og 1970'ernes "kulturelle frisættelse af barnet". Flere af hans bøger er filmatiseret, bl.a. de tre her nævnte.
I 2010 udkom Jens Andersens biografi Ole Lund Kirkegaard, der baseret på et omfattende og hidtil ukendt kildemateriale bl.a. ser Ole Lund Kirkegaards liv i forhold til de samfundsstrømninger, som ledte til ungdomsoprøret i 1968. Biografien skildrer også konflikten mellem Ole Lund Kirkegaards stigende succes og hans problemer med at håndtere den. En konflikt, der i sidste ende førte til selvdestruktion og en alt for tidlig død.
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February 8, 2020
- Нима човек получава подаръци, понеже се е родил?
- Да – отвърна Карл Емил. – Но само на рождения си ден, разбира се.
- Никога не съм пробвал – рече Малкия Виргил. – Впрочем ти защо си се родил, Карл Емил?
- Не знам – отговори той. – Единствено майка ми знае.
- Веднъж видях как се ражда жребче – обади се Оскар. – Излезе от един друг кон.
- Не думай! - удиви се Малкия Виргил. – От друг кон ли?
- Да – потвърди Оскар. Конят изцвъка едно малко конче и така то се роди.
- Да не би и ние да сме излезли от кон? – попита Макия Виргил.
- Не знам - отвърна Оскар. – Никой никога не е имал желание да ми разкаже за това.
- Във всеки случай аз не съм излязъл от кон – заяви Карл Емил. – Защото никога не сме имали кон.
- Да – отвърна Карл Емил. – Но само на рождения си ден, разбира се.
- Никога не съм пробвал – рече Малкия Виргил. – Впрочем ти защо си се родил, Карл Емил?
- Не знам – отговори той. – Единствено майка ми знае.
- Веднъж видях как се ражда жребче – обади се Оскар. – Излезе от един друг кон.
- Не думай! - удиви се Малкия Виргил. – От друг кон ли?
- Да – потвърди Оскар. Конят изцвъка едно малко конче и така то се роди.
- Да не би и ние да сме излезли от кон? – попита Макия Виргил.
- Не знам - отвърна Оскар. – Никой никога не е имал желание да ми разкаже за това.
- Във всеки случай аз не съм излязъл от кон – заяви Карл Емил. – Защото никога не сме имали кон.
June 16, 2017
Three friends, as different as nigh and day. Little Virgil who lives by himself in a hen house behind the baker's, who is sweet through and through, very naive and not very bright. Oskar, who is the son of a single mother who does all the laundry for the town's affluent people. He reads a lot and is the brightest of the lot. And finally Karl-Emil, the rich man's son who is always too scared, too obedient but has his heart in the right place. These three boys come up with the craziest ideas during a time when little boys were allowed and perhaps expected to be naughty. All the naughty things they get up to, are not planned naughtiness, it just turns in to it, when seen from a grown up's angle. My favourite chapter is the birthday party one, at Karl-Emil's house, when Oskar gives Karl-Emil an invincible apple, since he can't afford a real gift and Karl-Emil's mum thinks her son odd, when chewing on air. And Virgil gives him a toad so they get thrown out of the house, to play in the garden instead. Them digging a canal for the toad and Karl-Emil's dad stepping in to it, on his way home from work, getting VERY upset, leading to the parents deciding that Karl-Emil will never have any more birthdays. A fun book to read aloud to your child, but my son, who is autistic, thought it was terrible that Virgil did not have a family to live with, even though he is a very young boy. And I agree. That part made me uncomfortable as well.
June 24, 2012
If you're a kid and you grew up in Denmark, odds are you either read Ole Lund Kirkegaard or watched some of the movies based on his books. It's like a kid's national treasure and this was a delightful thing to experience again.
'Lille Virgil' is a strange book, strange enough that kids are going to wet themselves laughing, and at the same time, it treats kids like they're smart. I can imagine reading this to a kid and hear them laughing at the main characters' ignorance - of course you, as a reader, knows they're wrong and that's a great experience for kids to have when they read a book.
It's clever this way, but it's also funny enough that it won't feel like they're being lectured.
That's actually something kids' books do ALL the time. Lecture kids: you need to treat your friends like this, lying is wrong, it's important to share... that's fine and dandy but it's nice to know that there are also books like this, that are just around for fun. There is no aesop here - it's about three silly boys hunting a dragon and building a house and drinking soda. Stuff that all kids do.
I can honestly say I liked this book very much - it makes a kid feel clever and at the same time treats kids like, well, kids. It's rather obvious why Ole Lund Kirkegaard's books are so popular in Denmark.
'Lille Virgil' is a strange book, strange enough that kids are going to wet themselves laughing, and at the same time, it treats kids like they're smart. I can imagine reading this to a kid and hear them laughing at the main characters' ignorance - of course you, as a reader, knows they're wrong and that's a great experience for kids to have when they read a book.
It's clever this way, but it's also funny enough that it won't feel like they're being lectured.
That's actually something kids' books do ALL the time. Lecture kids: you need to treat your friends like this, lying is wrong, it's important to share... that's fine and dandy but it's nice to know that there are also books like this, that are just around for fun. There is no aesop here - it's about three silly boys hunting a dragon and building a house and drinking soda. Stuff that all kids do.
I can honestly say I liked this book very much - it makes a kid feel clever and at the same time treats kids like, well, kids. It's rather obvious why Ole Lund Kirkegaard's books are so popular in Denmark.
February 24, 2019
Oh goodness I am loving this book. I just really love the feeling of it, and the way Kirkegaard paints his little world. Sweet, fun, astute, and not at all sentimental; as another reviewer says, Kirkegaard is not at all patronising to kids. I also greatly appeals to my sense of humour, the way that the boys just mange to slightly missunderstand things in an absurdly logical way. (Not that I’m like that or anything, I wouldn’t want you to get that impression...)
Secondly while my Danish reading skills have improved pretty quickly I am still at at quite a basic level, but I managed to pick this up and pretty much read it straight off! It’s so well written that any bits I was a bit unsure about became clear very quickly within the next few lines. You can practically feel your literacy growing without much trouble.
5-8 år
Secondly while my Danish reading skills have improved pretty quickly I am still at at quite a basic level, but I managed to pick this up and pretty much read it straight off! It’s so well written that any bits I was a bit unsure about became clear very quickly within the next few lines. You can practically feel your literacy growing without much trouble.
5-8 år
August 31, 2020
(Lydbogsudgaven) Den er helt fantastisk sød og kær, og også ret sjov. Selv som voksen er det lige til at blive glad af og en god måde at slappe af og stresse af på 😊
Og lydbogsudgaven er simpelthen perfekt. Peter Frödin indtaler med indlevelse og helt perfekt og der er masser af behagelige lydeffekter i baggrunden med fuglekvidren, lyden af folk der går i skoven og sodavand der popper når de ting sker i bogen. En ren fornøjelse uanset alder 🤗
Og lydbogsudgaven er simpelthen perfekt. Peter Frödin indtaler med indlevelse og helt perfekt og der er masser af behagelige lydeffekter i baggrunden med fuglekvidren, lyden af folk der går i skoven og sodavand der popper når de ting sker i bogen. En ren fornøjelse uanset alder 🤗
August 10, 2018
Дотепна й цікава книжка про дивакуватих і добрих людей одного данського містечка, які допомагають один одному, переживають веселі й сумні моменти, плачуть і сміються.
July 19, 2020
Un libro adorabile. Le avventure del piccolo Virgil e dei suoi amici Oskar e Carl Emil vi terranno incollati alle pagine del libro.
November 28, 2015
My first book in Danish - thank you, grandmother. (no, she doesn't speak Danish )
This is a book for the cynic, the stoic and the pessimist - and the Danish child, no matter that stereotypically he or she is doubly the "one who doesn't belong" in this enumeration. The other three, one less charred bit of our hearts will regard this book with scepticism - and when we read it, wonder. Then scepticism again.
That's just how we roll.
This book somehow manages to eschew the trivial ugly truths about most children: meanness, self-indulgent stupidity, selfishness, lack of caring and often cruel behaviour among themselves. Relating stories of eponymous Virgil and his two very different friends Oskar and Carl Emil, this anthology is delicate and amusing. The adults are silly, the children are silly and scarily logical, as well. Suspension of disbelief is required of outside events rather than character reactions. Rather, the stories themselves and the humor are a game for the listening child and entertainingly curious for the adult.
This is a book for the cynic, the stoic and the pessimist - and the Danish child, no matter that stereotypically he or she is doubly the "one who doesn't belong" in this enumeration. The other three, one less charred bit of our hearts will regard this book with scepticism - and when we read it, wonder. Then scepticism again.
That's just how we roll.
This book somehow manages to eschew the trivial ugly truths about most children: meanness, self-indulgent stupidity, selfishness, lack of caring and often cruel behaviour among themselves. Relating stories of eponymous Virgil and his two very different friends Oskar and Carl Emil, this anthology is delicate and amusing. The adults are silly, the children are silly and scarily logical, as well. Suspension of disbelief is required of outside events rather than character reactions. Rather, the stories themselves and the humor are a game for the listening child and entertainingly curious for the adult.
August 31, 2020
Den er helt fantastisk sød og kær, og også ret sjov. Selv som voksen er det lige til at blive glad af og en god måde at slappe af og stresse af på 😊
Og lydbogsudgaven er simpelthen perfekt. Peter Frödin indtaler med indlevelse og helt perfekt og der er masser af behagelige lydeffekter i baggrunden med fuglekvidren, lyden af folk der går i skoven og sodavand der popper når de ting sker i bogen. En ren fornøjelse uanset alder 🤗
Og lydbogsudgaven er simpelthen perfekt. Peter Frödin indtaler med indlevelse og helt perfekt og der er masser af behagelige lydeffekter i baggrunden med fuglekvidren, lyden af folk der går i skoven og sodavand der popper når de ting sker i bogen. En ren fornøjelse uanset alder 🤗
April 26, 2016
Clearly, not everything I loved as a kid is worth revisiting. This was really rather bad. No real story, no proper ending, just little stories about a group of rather dimwitted kids. I have very fond memories of Kirkegaard's books, but this was a misfire.
March 7, 2014
Helt sikkert en dansk klassiker.
March 20, 2015
Min datter 7 år, mener dette er den bedste bog af Ole Lund Kirkegaard. Jeg er tilbøjelig til at give hende ret.
July 4, 2014
I modsætning til Gummi-Tarzan, så er denne bog primært sjov hvis man er barn. Det er dog en fornøjelse at høre Peter Frödin læse op :-)
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