Literature and Fiction · Hardback

My Danish Album

Norwegian title: Mitt danske album

Lars Saabye Christensen

Lars Saabye Christensen has always had a special feeling for Copenhagen, his now deceased Danish father being the essential link. Mitt danske album is a collection of poetry and prose about the author's exploration of himself, his family and the city. It is beautifully illustrated with family photographs and contains a section in which his father, Mogens Hjort Christensen, the Copenhagen lad who grew up to be an architect, tells us about his childhood. And about the family trip by car through Sweden to Denmark, when little Lars kept clutching his small blue suitcase in his arms, while big brother calls him a loser. «A charming little book of remembrance ... a loving, redemptive portrait of a father and a relaxed, amusing history of his family through three generations.» From the review in Politiken, when Mitt danske album was published in Denmark this spring. It was enthusiastically received.