I have written this rollicking adventure book for older children and young adults in which the main characters travel through time and space.
The journey began over thirty years ago in the sauna. My youngest son, then aged five or six, was not very keen on this Nordic recreation. I told him stories to divert his attention. He was soon an avid fan of the bath, not because of the steam and the heat, but because of the stories I was dreaming up.
I wondered for many years whether I should gather the stories into a book. In 2018, I took the plunge and started writing. It turned out to be a stimulating and engaging pastime — conflating fact and fantasy, mixing past and future, contrasting good and evil and offering morsels of moral, religious and political thought without trying to be an ethical compass.
The book was published in Swedish in 2022 and has met with great success. This encouraged me to go further.
The work has now been revised, beautifully illustrated and translated into English.
Perhaps I am Baron von Münchausen's reincarnation!
Enjoy the book and judge for yourself!
Bernardino Schwimmeltrik
