- Hardcover: 231 pages
- Publisher: Purple House Press (April 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1930900244
- ISBN-13: 978-1930900240
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.7 x 2.3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (17 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 115,117 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
This book has had a special place in my heart ever since my mother read it to me when I was four or five years old. Since then I have read it again several times, through the eyes of a child, a preteen, a teenager, and, -most recently- as a person who has seen a lot. I enjoyed it thoroughly every time, still shivering at the thought of Katla the dragon, still weeping when the brothers first leave their mother for Nangiala, inspired anew by the reality of this fantastic story.
I recommend this book to everyone who still has some warmth left in their modern souls.
I recommend this book to everyone who still has some warmth left in their modern souls.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I read this book years and years ago for the first time, and it is one of those books you can never forget and you will always come back to. The story about the 2 brothers, entering another world after they died and have to find out, that "paradise" is at a huge thread by an evil Lord.
They have to defend their and their friends freedom and lives. It is a story about bravery, friendship etc., just brilliantly written. Once you read this, you will be wondering why paople make such a huge hype about Harry Potter.
They have to defend their and their friends freedom and lives. It is a story about bravery, friendship etc., just brilliantly written. Once you read this, you will be wondering why paople make such a huge hype about Harry Potter.
19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
I first read about the Brother's Lionheart in a magazine from America called "Cricket and Company". It has had a special place in my heart since. I am a twin and although we both read the story of the two brothers we had no idea until much later that it had had such a profound effect on us both. When you are close to someone, the idea of losing them is unthinkable. For my twin and I this story brought us much comfort ( it still seems extraordinary that we never talked about it at the time). What a wonderful idea, a place where those you loved would be waiting for you, a place you had named, not heaven because heaven was invented by someone else.
The greatest gift of an author is that their work should stay with the reader forever. This story will.
It must be reprinted if only because everyone has someone they cannot bear to lose.
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Great book, rotten translation
I have just finished reading this to my 9 year old kids who LOVED it so much that they feigned tiredness last night so that (they later admitted) it wouldn't end! Read more
Published 6 months ago by MInster
Who thinks the book is inappropriate for a child?
I just love this book since I have read it as a child till now. I am still coming back to it. While growing up one can see new dimensions of the story. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Magdala
my favorite children's book
Being danish and growing up in the 70's I read this book when it first came out..I must have been about 10. It made a huge impression on me then. Read more
Published 9 months ago by nona
Love this book, but it is sincere,
Love this book, but it is sincere, more for adults. A very untypical book for Astrid Lindgren, she obviously lost somebody
when she wrote it, it is lots about death, in a very... Read more
when she wrote it, it is lots about death, in a very... Read more
Published 9 months ago by happydays
dark and terrifying, think carefully before you give to a child
I was given a copy of this book at about 10 and it terrified me. The story starts with two boys dying in poverty in Victorian Sweden After death they arrive in a seeming paradise... Read more
Published 17 months ago by David Weatherall
The only book I have kept from my Childhood
This is the only book that I haave kept from my childhood as it enchanted me and I hoped one day I would be lucky enough to read it to my children. Read more
Published 18 months ago by Lizzie H
fairly good translation
The Brothers Lionheart is a very good book. As I am Swedish and also fluent in English, I have found that this English translation is quit good. Read more
Published 24 months ago by Bengt Korswing
Remembered from childhood
I enjoyed this as a child despite the religious connotations and bought it for my neice.
Published on 15 Jan 2010 by Andrew Jones
A truely well written book
There are not many books I read more than once, as a father of 3 these are mostly childrens books. Of all of these no book has made me cry every time like this one does. Read more
Published on 31 Mar 2009 by Gisli Jokull Gislason
the brothers lionheart
the best childrens book ever written! beeing norwegian i grew up with the tales of astrid lindgren. i never met a child who didnt love her books. Read more
Published on 13 Feb 2009 by A. dungay
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