Books by Jonas T. Bengtsson
A Fairy Tale
by Tony Ross, Jonas T. Bengtsson
In a Europe without borders, where social norms have become fragile, a son must confront the sins of his father and grandfather, and invent new strategies for survival
A young boy grows up with a loving father who has little respect for the law. They are always on the run, and as they move from place to place, the boy is often distraught to leave behind new friendships. Because it would be dicey for him to go to school, his anarchistic father gives him an unconventional education intended to contradict as much as possible the teachings of his own father, a preacher and a pervert. Ten years later, when the boy is entering adulthood, with a fake name and a monotonous job, he tries to conform to the demands of ordinary life, but the lessons of the past thwart his efforts, and questions about his father’s childhood cannot be left unanswered.
Spanning the mid-1980s to early-twenty-first-century in Copenhagen, this coming-of-age novel examines what it means to be a stranger in the modern world, and how, for better or for worse, a father’s legacy is never passed on in any predictable fashion.
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A Fairy Tale
by Tony Ross, Jonas T. Bengtsson
An atmospheric and evocative original take on the concept of what a fairy tale is, set in early 20th-century England
Do fairies really exist? Bessie doesn't think so. But then she meets the mysterious Mrs. Leaf and so begins a lifelong friendship. As time passes Bessie starts to wonder if she might have been wrong about fairies, after all.
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