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Mina drömmars stad (1960) av Per Anders Fogelström

En sensommar år 1860 kommer den 15 årige Henning vandrandes till huvudstaden Stockholm, fylld av nyfikenhet och hoppfullhet. Det är en omvälvande tid för huvudstaden, alkohol, prostitution och arbetslöshet råder i staden och för vissa känns läget hopplöst. Men i slutet av tunneln finns alltid ljus och industrialiasmen börjar ta fart på riktigt och möjligheterna öppnas. Boken beskriver stadens utveckling i ett historiskt perspektiv, från bondesamhället till industrialismen genom arbetarnas ögon. Det var en hård kamp för överlevnad och arbetsförhållandena var både slitsamma och farliga. Henning möter kärleken hos Lotten och får för första gången en riktig vän som kallas för Tummen. Tummen är både självsäker och utåtriktad och fungerar lite som en motpol på Hennings mer lugna och introverta sinnesstämning. Genom bokens gång får vi följa Henning, hans familj och vänner genom livet och alla dess egenskaper. Henning sliter hårt i hamnen och önskar sina barn den chans han själv aldrig fick. Klyftorna i samhället är stora och de flesta får slåss för sin överlevnad. Henning behåller sina värderingar och unnar andra lycka och framgång utan att bli bitter. Författaren lyckas med att låta oss läsare få insyn och lära känna bokens människor på ett naket och nära sätt vilket gör det lätt att känna sympati för människorna. Det är en berättelse om att kämpa i motvind utan att ge upp hoppet. Hela staden konkurrerar med Henning om platsen som huvudperson i boken och man får reda på väldigt mycket om hur staden i helhet fungerar genom uppdelningar av klasser och hur de rika trycker ner de fattiga i alkoholism för att de aldrig ska kunna göra uppror. Henning är en kille med ganska låg självkänsla. Han är inte så talförd utan gamska blyg och lite försynt. Hans lycka blir att han träffar kompisen Tummen som är självsäker initiativtagande och modig. Henning är en människa som tror på det goda och att det

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