Life’s Ax is the remarkable and
harrowing story of a dark and horrible childhood. The boy grows up in the wheat
fields of Canada and on a farm in Sörmland, Sweden. A violent and ruthless
father, a loving and unhappy mother and a difficult hereditary character all
make their mark on the unusually gifted boy’s upbringing.
Life’s Ax portrays the most unlikely of landscapes where Sweden’s
best poet was planted.