Ensam i världen

Ensam i världen in Swedish and Ensom i verden in Norwegian (in English Alone in the World; this novel has not has been translated into English) is a novel by Norwegian-Swedish author Margit Sandemo. The novel is about Norway and the life of a homeless orphan girl called Kira in the maelstrom of the Thirty Years' War.

Kira is not her real name which she forgot after her mother died. As is typical of novels by Margit Sandemo, the life of Kira seems very desperate up to when she meets Johannes, the love of her life.

Content

THE FIRST PART: INFERNO

1. Cold grimace of the war - 7
2. A handsome nobleman - 13
3. Homeless - 20
4. The lion from Nordic countries - 26
5. The current without return - 33
6. "Master" - 40
7. Guardian by the Rhen - 48
8. Meeting in the night - 53
9. Friendship - 61
10. "Who are you, Kira?" - 70

THE SECOND PART: SKÅNE

1. The pipe dream - 85
2. The long homecoming - 95
3. An old acquaintance - 104
4. Frustrations - 115
5. The fear in Wismar - 121
6. The nightmare - 125
7. Despair - 142
8. A courier reaches - 147
9. "Don't let her into the doors of house!" - 154
10. Pro forma? - 163
11. Night visit - 177
12. Homecoming - 184
13. The family - 193

THE THIRD PARTH: THE KEY

1. The moon illuminates - 201
2. The cheating key - 206
3. Christmas - 211
4. Unwaited help - 220
5. A box - 229
6. Conspirators - 237
7. A letter - 242
8. A guest - 252
9. The other key - 261
10. The unknown - 267
11. About love and hate - 273
12. A short epilogue - 281
13. Sources - 285