ke and his World Author:Bertil Malmberg translated by Marguerite Wenner-Gren illustrated by Barbara Cooney The time is post WW I and six-year-old Åke lives with his parents and older sister in a Swedish town His father is a physician whose practice is in their home. Ake's mother is warm and sensitive. This good and protective world is sometimes transformed into a cruel reality, especially when his dearest friend Kalle dies of consumption. The town h... more »as many colorful characters The viewer sees the world through Ake's eyes but nobody can say whether everything that he sees is really true...« less