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YA
Translated by Lindy Falk van Rooyen.
This bleak Danish import imagines the last day of a real-life execution victim in 1853 Svendborg, Denmark. The observations of various townspeople--interspersed with the fifteen-year-old boy's own memories of poverty, rejection, loss, and finally rage--reveal the world that led the boy to his crime and his fate. Rich with symbolism, historical criticism, and contemporary resonance, this is an unflinching examination of capitol punishment.
Reviewer: Claire E. Gross
| Horn Book Magazine Issue:
March, 2016
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