Before I set about writing my chapbook, I took some time to look for writers who had written similar stories to mine. One of them is Kim Fupz Aakeson is known for his quirky, honest, serious, and wonderful picture books and biting young adult fiction. He has written more than 80 books for children and adults and won numerous awards. He is also known for being a prolific screenwriter.
Kim Fupz Aakeson describes familiar emotions such as doubt, jealousy, and inferiority with an elegant richness of nuance. His stories balance the famous line between comedy and tragedy in descriptions of people who never really get what they want and communication that never really goes according to plan.
One of the books Kim co-wrote with Eva Erikkson is 'Esben and Grandfather's Ghost', the original name being 'So blev farfar et spogelse' from Swedish. The book is full of contrasts and contradictions. The initial drama turns into an adventurous story and ends happily. A child's perspective and colloquial language describing the subject of death do not match, as it turns out, only formally. People's different beliefs about death and its aftermath are at two opposite poles of the concept of the world, life, and death. The book is suitable for both children and adults.
We meet one of the main characters, Esben, at an extremely difficult time in his life when his grandfather dies. The young boy's feelings and thoughts and the whole course of events are presented from a child's perspective. The narrative is conducted in the third person singular. The book is written to show how to come to terms with the death of a loved one. I think it helped me understand how to describe the emotions and reactions of my characters because in my book I also focus on death and the loss of a loved one. The book about the boy and the grandfather is written mainly in the form of dialogue, while I plan to focus more on emotions and events. Not only this one but also his other books speak volumes about problem-solving in children and young people. All the books he has written for children and young people make him one of the most productive and well-known writers in Denmark. Kim is often used in child therapy, which makes it so important. It helps to understand and get used to the idea that the essence of the problem he describes in his books is part of the life that awaits us. I would like my novel to have such a strong message as Kim's and to help children and others.
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