Kerstin and me
Kerstin und ich (original title: Kerstin och jag ) is the title of a book for young people by the Swedish writer Astrid Lindgren , which was published by Rabén & Sjögren in 1945 .
content
The story is told from the perspective of 16-year-old Barbro. Barbro lives in the city with her parents and her twin sister Kerstin. When her father retires, he would like to move with his family to the country at Gut Lillhamra. There he had spent his childhood. Shortly after arrival, the family realizes that the estate is in a bad way. The whole family must help rebuild it. When Kerstin met Eric, the wealthy farm son of the village, who almost looked like a southerner and from now on spends a lot of time with him, Barbro feels a little alone and set back. She longs for other people of the same age to exchange ideas with. Only a little later she, Björn, meets the son of the chief engineer of the factory and becomes friends with him. But the relationship between the two of them is put to the test when Barbro meets the handsome Christoph, an aspiring aviator, who drives them around in his sports car. Barbro neglects Björn and only does something with Christoph. Gradually, however, Barbro realizes that she is enjoying the time with Christoph less and less and no longer meets with him. She longs to return to Björn. He's sick and doesn't want to see her. In order to distract himself, Barbro helps the servant family, whose mother has to go to the hospital because of an acute appendix. After a stressful, conflicted day, she runs crying to the birch tree where she used to meet Björn. Björn is there too. She asks his forgiveness and the two of them spend a nice summer day!
background
The book has appeared in Swedish, Russian, German, Danish, Finnish, Italian, Bulgarian and Estonian, among others. The first edition appeared in 1945 under the Swedish title Kerstin och jag by Rabén & Sjögren , at the same time as Pippi Longstocking . The first translation appeared in Germany in 1953. It comes from Else von Hollander-Lossow . Kerstin and I are based in part on Lindgren's own experiences as a girl in Vimmerby . Some researchers believe that Kerstin and I have the "closest autobiographical reference to Astrid Lindgren's time as a farmer's daughter".
radio play
In 2007, the SWR published a 50-minute German radio play on the book. Oliver Sturm directed the film . The music for the radio play comes from Henrik Albrecht and Gerd Bessler . The radio play was later published on CD by Oetinger Audio .
speaker
| role | Speaker Europe |
|---|---|
| Barbro | Effi Rabsilber |
| Kerstin | Tanya Kahana |
| father | Helmut Krauss |
| mummy | Uta Hallant |
| Johan | Klaus Manchen |
| Bjorn | Kostja Ullmann |
| Erik | Peter Sikorski |
| Christoph | Tobias Graupner |
| Knut | Nikolaos Eleftheriadis |
| Ann | Mandy Rudski |
| Viveka | Caroline Junghans |
| Kalle | Niclas Tutsch |
| Ferm | Achim Hall |
| Class | Florian Bossert |
Reviews
Julia Glaus from SRF thinks that Kerstin and I are a "high-spirited and at the same time somewhat wistful book for young people" in which the "serious kind of exuberance" prevails, which makes Lindgren's work unmistakable.
The editors of the website hoerspieleipps.net find that the book and radio play do not quite correspond to the usual Lindgren story. Therefore, those who expect the same may be more likely to be disappointed. The story is not as timeless as her other books, but can rather be seen as a "picture of an era". Only Lindgren's "humor, her narrative ease and her modern approach" can be found in this work. In the SWR radio play version, however, the story is definitely worth listening to. It is entertaining and entertaining.
The Mitteldeutsche Zeitung thinks that the story in which the sisters experience the "beneficial closeness to nature, a carefree, cheerful family life and the stormy time of first love" involuntarily takes you back to the 1950s. Astrid Lindgren conjures with her story "the times of youthful yearning and sweet hope".
Dr. Jana Mikota praises the fact that Kerstin and I are not a typical girls' novel from the 1950s and 1960s. Unlike other authors, Lindgren does not try to tame the girls by working in the country or to "raise them to be able housewives". The parents see the girls as "serious interlocutors" and give them a certain amount of freedom.
Trivia
- The son of the bull Adam Engelbrecht from the book When Adam Engelbrecht got really angry ( När Adam Engelbrekt blev tvärarg ), who bears the same name as his father, lives on Gut Lillhamra. Stable hand Johann tells the twins Barbro and Kerstin about the events in the book.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kerstin and me. Editions. Retrieved September 6, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c "Kerstin and I" by Astrid Lindgren. Retrieved September 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Kerstin and me. Retrieved September 6, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Dr. Jana Mikota: Astrid Lindgren's books for girls. “But first I want to become something myself !!! Learn a lot, have a job and be self-employed. " Accessed October 3, 2018 .
- ↑ a b Retro radio play based on Lindgren's «Kerstin and I». Retrieved September 6, 2018 .
- ↑ Kerstin and me. Children's radio play - a radio play by Astrid Lindgren. Retrieved September 6, 2018 .