پنج سال از بیوه شدن مادر «اکه» میگذشت که پدربزرگش هفتادمین سال تولدش را جشن گرفت و اکه و مادرش را با نامهای خشک و بیروح، که هشت سطر بیشتر نبود، دعوت کرد. مادر اکه که وضع مالی خوبی نداشت، تصمیم گرفت تا هدیهای غیرمنتظره برای پدرشوهرش ببرد.
Stig Dagerman was one of the most prominent Swedish authors during the 1940s. In the course of five years, 1945-49, he enjoyed phenomenal success with four novels, a collection of short stories, a book about postwar Germany, five plays, hundreds of poems and satirical verses, several essays of note and a large amount of journalism. Then, with apparent suddenness, he fell silent. In the fall of 1954, Sweden was stunned to learn that Stig Dagerman, the epitome of his generation of writers, had been found dead in his car: he had closed the doors of the garage and run the engine.
Dagerman's works deal with universal problems of morality and conscience, of sexuality and social philosophy, of love, compassion and justice. He plunges into the painful realities of human existence, dissecting feelings of fear, guilt and loneliness. Despite the somber content, he also displays a wry sense of humor that occasionally turns his writing into burlesque or satire.
چند داستان کوتاه از استیگ داگرمن که اولین کار من از ادبیات سوئد بود. باتوجه به زندگی شخصی خود نویسنده و مکتبی که بهش وفادار بود، داستانها جالب بودند و شاید کمی قابل درک (برای من). خیلی دوستش نداشتم ولی تجربهی جدید و خوبی بود.