Eldfågeln

by Annika Thor

Året är 1462 då den fjortonårige Mathias skickas från sin hembyn på den tyska landsbygden till den norska staden Bergen. Där ska han arbeta för Hansa-köpmännen, de första sex åren som livegen dräng. Det är en hård och grym värld han kommer till, och utan sin nyfunna vän Simon hade han aldrig överlevt. De delar allt, både den slitsamma vardagen och drömmen om en bättre framtid. Men när Simon bestämmer sig för att rymma är det inte tillsammans med Mathias.Efter de stora succéerna med Sanning och konsekvens och serien om systrarna Steffi och Nelli kommer nu Annika Thor med en ny, efterlängtad ungdomsroman, Eldfågeln.

Genres: Historical Fiction

144 pages, Hardcover

First published June 8, 2000

About the author

Annika Thor grew up in a Jewish family in Gothenburg, Sweden, in the 1950s and 60s. She started work as a librarian and then went on to work as a film and television critic, and finally dedicated herself to writing books, plays, and screenplays for young people. She is one of Sweden’s best known authors for young people. Her books have been translated into many languages and have won many prizes.

Reviews

[Anna · Rating 3 out of 5]

It's is a fast-paced book about the fourteen-year-old Mathias who had to leave his village to work as an apprentice for a businessman in Bergen. There a unique friendship develops between him and another apprentice named Simon. Together they master everyday life, characterized by hard physical work, physical abuse and other adversities.
And slowly, a stronger feeling of affection for Simon developed. Nevertheless, I wished to see their relationship more deepened to learn more about their feelings and past. The same applies to the other characters, about whom little in-depth information has been obtained.
Still, I enjoyed reading this book more than I thought at the beginning.

[Karen Margrethe · Rating 4 out of 5]

Mig anno 2002: Sørgelig, men godt fortalt og spændende