Jan, my friend
Jan, mein Freund is a book for young people by the Swedish author Peter Pohl . The original title is "Janne, min vän". The first edition took place in 1985 under this title. The novel was initially unsuccessful. In 1986, however, Pohl received the Debutant Prize for Literature Funding and the Nils Holgersson plaque . The German first edition was published by Ravensburger Verlag in 1989 and received the German Youth Literature Prize in 1990 .
action
Krister "Krille" Nordberg is questioned by a police officer about a bicycle. Krister knows this bike very well, it belongs to his friend Jan. Krille and Jan, who regularly visits Krille, have a deeper friendship. Krille's parents quickly realize that Jan leads a hard life. He keeps disappearing for a long time and nobody knows where to go. When he shows up at Krille with a bruised face after staying away like this, the latter takes him in for a few days. Jan later leaves the Nordbergs and goes "home" again.
Throughout the summer, Jan remains missing, while Krille sits at home and waits in vain. Only later does he begin to understand that there was more than just friendship that bound Jan and him. When Jan suddenly reappears after the summer holidays, he's changed. Nevertheless, or perhaps because of it, Jan invites Krille to his secret hideaway - a hut that Jan built in the forest. The excursion raises more questions than answers and Krille realizes too late that he should have confided in his parents or the police.
At their last meeting, Jan staged a fight with krille to protect him from his pursuers. Shortly afterwards, Jan is forcibly put into a car by two men and kidnapped. The police are alerted by residents. With Krille's help, the police are led to the hut in the forest where Jan's body is lying. It turns out that "Jan" was a girl. She was also a trapeze artist in the AIR circus and tried to break out and go her own way. She had to pay for this breakout with her life.
expenditure
- Peter Pohl: Jan, my friend ("Janne, min vän"). Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 2004, ISBN 3-473-58018-X .
- Peter Pohl: Jan, mien Fründ ("Janne, min vän"). Jahn & Ernst Verlag, ISBN 3-8940-7201-6 .
- Peter Pohl: Janne, min van . Alfabeta, Stockholm 2000, ISBN 91-7712-747-1 .
- Peter Pohl: Janne, mine Vän . Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag (dtv), ISBN 978-3-423-62482-4 .
literature
- Martin Gehrling, Sandra Krost-Bünning: Peter Pohl, "Jan my friend" (Ravensburger Arbeitshilfen; 98343). Ravensburg Pedagogical Office, Ravensburg 1996.
- Moritz Seibert: Jan, my friend. Play for viewers aged 13 and over . Kiepenheuer-Bühnenvertrieb, Berlin 2000 (based on the novel of the same name by Peter Pohl).