Bonadea

by Irmelin Sandman Lilius, Mari Tuulik (translator)

Genres: Finnish Literature

136 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1982

About the author

Irmelin Sandman Lilius is a Swedish-speaking Finnish author. Her first book, Trollsång, was published in 1955. She has written picture books and novels for children as well as books for adults and poetry, and she also works as a translator and reviewer. Among her best-known works is the large chronicle about the fictive town of Tulavall on the south coast of Finland, which she has described in different times and from the point of view of different people, in more than a dozen books. She has also written several self-biographical works (some together with her sister Heddi), as well as novels with a heroine based on her daughter.

In 1957, she married the painter and sculptor Carl-Gustaf Lilius, and they were married until his death in 1998. In 2003, her biography of her husband was published, with the title Sjutusen år (Eng: "Seven Thousand Years").

Her books have been translated into 16 languages. Among the literary awards she has received are the Swedish awards Nils Holgerson-plaketten (in 1972), Astrid Lindgren-priset (in 1976) and Svenska Akademins pris (in 1987), and the Finnish awards Topeliuspriset (in 1980) and Statens barnkulturpris (in 1985).[1] She is also on the IBBY Honour List for 2002[2

Reviews

[The_Mad_Swede · Rating 5 out of 5]

Förra sommaren besökte jag för första gången Irmelin Sandman Lilius fiktiva stad Tulavall på den finska kusten, då jag läste Fru Sola -trilogin, och besöket lämnade mersmak. Därför beställde jag den här sommaren fram Sandman Lilius första bok (så vitt jag förstått det) förlagd till Tulavall, som handlar om hur den föräldralösa flickan Bonadea lämnar barnhemmet och flyttar in till staden på egen hand och gör sig till en del av samhället. Eftersom figurerar även i Fru Sola-trilogin var det något av ett kärt återseende och det var mycket underhållande att få ett fördjupat porträtt av karaktären. Även staden och dess omnejd, och invånare, var trivsamma att besöka på nytt, och jag känner instinktivt att jag vill läsa mer om Tulavall, och mer av Sandman Lilius. Det förblir mig en gåta varför dessa böcker inte finns i tryck; det borde de.

[Charlotta Larsson · Rating 5 out of 5]

A must read for children. In Sweden we call them Dandelion children. Survivors against all odds. Also nice with 19th century and norse mythology for a change.

[Alejandro · Rating 4 out of 5]

Very cute, feels like a hug :)

[kadi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Imeline raamat!