Author: | Kjell Westö |
Language: | Swedish |
Country: | Finland |
Published: | 1996 (Söderström & Company) (Swedish) |
Isbn: | 978-9-515-21627-4 |
Oclc: | 62534226 |
Pages: | 448 (4th edition) |
Drakarna över Helsingfors (Kites over Helsingfors)[1] is a Swedish-language novel written by Finnish author Kjell Westö. The book tells about the life and faiths of the Bexar family, a Swedish-speaking Finnish family living in Helsinki (Helsingfors in Swedish), from the 1960s to the 1990s.
In 2001, the novel was made into a film of the same name starring Pirkka-Pekka Petelius.