| The world of Asta and her friends |
| In the autumn of 1986, inbetween jobs and a newcomer to Gothenburg,
I wrote my first piece of what was to become Astas column. I was so surprised
myself that I done it so I sent it strait to the local newspaper
- Göteborgs-Posten. And my second surprise came when it appeared quite
soon on their daily page for humor and cartoons. So I wrote another one.
And it too appeared. And I wrote a third one, and so I kept on until they
called me from the paper and wanted to have a look at me. After that I´ve
been writing continously, with a short break a couple of years ago, and
I´m still enjoying it immensely.
The whimsical Asta turned up one day without warning. Then she got company - the fiendish demon, her bad conscience, the Fanskapet. A short, hairy, faun-looking demon that lives under the impression that it´s still bad, but actually it is doing Asta all the good in the world. Then suddenly the car wanted lines. You don´t turn down a 2CV that easy, so of course it got it´s lines and into the world it emerged, with the mind and temperament of a quite spoiled and megalomanic little girl in curls and a nice dress.(It´s a Charleston.) And like this wasn´t enough - there came Beata and Coco one day. Friends or whatever you call it, Asta, Beata and Coco stick together despite endless arguments, fights, teasing and cursing. So there´s a whole family now, with guest-appearences of living people. To give you an idea of what it´s all about, I´ve tried to translate one piece for you. Please, look over the faults and errors you find. I hope it will give a glimpse of the world of Asta and her friends. May 31/99 - Spring is in the air copyright hamnqvist |