En shtetl i Stockholm

Kenneth's parents both reached Sweden as refugees in the years around the Second World War, she for economic reasons and he for political ones. The family settles in a building on Södermalm set aside for Jews without money, and in the 1950s the boy's whole life lies inside a Jewish circle: relatives, school, friends and the Orthodox congregation. It is a village within the capital. His mother holds fast to religious tradition; his father wants security and a workable mix of Swedish and Jewish ways. Squeezed between two determined adults, the boy has to work out whether he must pick one world, and which.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

237 pages in the original

Genres

Autofiction, Family, Migration (assigned by AI)

Set in

Sweden, 1950s

First published

2017 by Weyler Förlag

Author's age

69 when first published

ISBN

9789176811054 (original)