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Hanna a connu le froid avant la chaleur. La misère avant l’opulence. La Suède avant l’Afrique. Deux fois mariée, deux fois veuve, elle échoue au Mozambique où elle se retrouve à la tête d’un bordel.

Été 1941, en Suède. Deux amies, Elna et Vivi, dix-sept ans, de condition modeste, s’offrent une escapade à bicyclette à travers la Suède en longeant la frontière de la Norvège occupée par les nazis.

A fascinating memoir-of-sorts from the legendary writer & campaigner for human rights: Quicksand is a collection of micro-essays exploring what it is to be human, covering topics as varied as Henning''s cancer diagnosis, art, jealousy, Ice Ages past and present, and the future of our planet.In January 2014 I was informed that I had cancer.However, Quicksand is not a book about death and destruction, but about what it means to be human. I have undertaken a journey from my childhood to the man I am today, writing about the key events in my life, and about the people who have given me new perspectives. About men and women I have never met, but wish I had.I write about love and jealousy, about courage and fear. And about what it is like to live with a potentially fatal illness.This book is also about why the cave painters 40,000 years ago chose the very darkest places for their fascinating pictures. And about the dreadful troll that we are trying to lock away inside the bedrock of a Swedish mountain for the next 100,000 years.It is a book about how humanity has lived and continues to live, and about how I have lived and continue to live my own life.And, not least, about the great zest for life, which came back when I managed to drag myself out of the Quicksand that threatened to suck me down into the abyss.

En 1941, Elna et son amie Vivi partent en bicyclette avec leurs sacs de couchage à travers la Suède. Les Daisy Sisters s'embarquent alors dans une aventure idyllique le long de la frontière norvégien

C’est l’automne en Scanie. Désabusé, Wallander aspire à une retraite paisible à la campagne. Il s’enthousiasme pour une ancienne ferme. Lors d’une déambulation dans le jardin à l’abandon, il trébuche

An early gem from the creator of the Kurt Wallander series, charting the life of a principled man through tragedy, heartbreak, true love and the battle for a nation's soul. "A very engaging portrait . .. There is a powerful lack of sentimentality to the telling of the story [and] a lovely and genuinely moving love story at the heart of the book." Liam Heylin, Irish ExaminerAt 3 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon in 1911, Oskar Johansson is caught in a blast in an industrial accident.The local newspaper reports him dead, but they are mistaken. Because Oskar Johansson is a born survivor. Though crippled, Oskar finds the strength to go on living and working.The Rock Blaster charts his long professional life - his hopes and dreams, sorrows and joys. His relationship with the woman whose love saved him, with the labour movement that gave him a cause to believe in, and with his children, who do not share his ideals. Henning Mankell's first published novel is steeped in the burning desire for social justice that informed his bestselling crime novels.Remarkably assured for a debut, it is written with scalpel-like precision, at once poetic and insightful in its depiction of a true working-class hero. Translated from the Swedish by George Goulding

LONGLISTED FOR THE CWA INTERNATIONAL DAGGER 2018The final novel from the bestselling author of the Inspector Wallander mysteriesFredrik Welin is a seventy-year-old retired doctor. Years ago he retreated to the Swedish archipelago, where he lives alone on an island. He swims in the sea every day, cutting a hole in the ice if necessary. He lives a quiet life. Until he wakes up one night to find his house on fire.Fredrik escapes just in time, wearing two left-footed wellies, as neighbouring islanders arrive to help douse the flames. All that remains in the morning is a stinking ruin and evidence of arson. The house that has been in his family for generations and all his worldly belongings are gone. He cannot think who would do such a thing, or why. Without a suspect, the police begin to think he started the fire himself.

Every morning Hakan von Enke takes a walk in the forest near his apartment in Stockholm.

At 3 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon in 1911, Oskar Johansson is caught in a blast in an industrial accident. The local newspaper reports him dead, but they are mistaken. Because Oskar Johansson is a born survivor. Though crippled, Oskar finds the strength to go on living and working. The Rock Blaster charts his long professional life - his hopes and dreams, sorrows and joys. His relationship with the woman whose love saved him, with the labour movement that gave him a cause to believe in, and with his children, who do not share his ideals. Henning Mankell's first published novel is steeped in the burning desire for social justice that informed his bestselling crime novels. Remarkably assured for a debut, it is written with scalpel-like precision, at once poetic and insightful in its depiction of a true working-class hero. Translated from the Swedish by George Goulding

From the dean of Scandinavian noir, the third riveting installment in the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed Kurt Wallander series, the basis for the PBS series staring Kenneth Branagh.The execution-style murder of a Swedish housewife looks like a simple case even though there is no obvious suspect. But then Wallander learns of a determined stalker, and soon enough, the cops catch up with him. But when his alibi turns out to be airtight, they realize that what seemed a simple crime of passion is actually far more complexand dangerous. The search for the truth behind the killing eventually uncovers an assassination plot, and Wallander soon finds himself in a tangle with both the secret police and a ruthless foreign agent. Combining compelling insights into the sinister side of modern life with a riveting tale of international intrigue, The White Lioness keeps you on the knife-edge of suspense.

When archaeologist Louise Cantor''s son Henrik is found dead in his flat, she refuses to believe it was suicide. Clues that only a mother could detect lead her to believe something more sinister took place. Henrik had kept many things back from her and she is shocked to learn he had contracted HIV. While looking through his bundles of papers, she discovers he was obsessed with the conspiracy theory that JFK''s brain disappeared prior to the autopsy along with the vital evidence regarding bullet exit wounds. The only lead is a letter and photograph from Henrik''s girlfriend in Mozambique. Louise''s quest to unravel the mystery surrounding her son''s death takes her to Africa; a continent rife with disease, poverty and corruption. Struggling to cope with sickness and the oppressive heat, Louise sees fear in every face, even unexpectedly in the patients at the clinics set up by an American businessman. In KENNEDY''S BRAIN Mankell confirms his status as a master of suspense, and delivers a timely and riveting thriller which will have readers on the edge of their seats until the very end.

Automne 1914. La Suède, malgré sa neutralité, craint d'être entraînée dans la guerre, car les flottes allemande et russe s'affrontent au large de ses côtes. Le capitaine Lars Tobiasson-Svartman reçoit la mission de sonder les fonds de la mer Baltique et de chercher une route maritime secrète à travers l'archipel d'Östergöland. L'homme est hanté par l'idée de contrôle qu'il exerce en mesurant tout ce qui l'entoure, les masses, le temps, les distances entre les lieux, les objets et les êtres (sa femme Kristina restée à Stockholm). Mais lorsqu'il découvre Sara Fredrika vivant seule sur une île désolée, la présence de cette femme très vite l'obsède et il devient son amant. Le fragile couvercle qu'il maintenait sur son " abîme " intérieur se soulève et son univers tiré au cordeau vole en éclats. D'allers et retours entre l'île et Stockholm, il s'invente des missions secrètes. De mensonge en mensonge - à Sara Fredrika, à Kristina, qui perd la raison, à l'amirauté qui le pousse à démissionner -, Tobiasson perd pied, sombre dans la folie et se suicide par noyade. Dans ce récit sobre et parfaitement construit, porté par une intensité émotionnelle constante, Mankell se mesure ici avec les plus grands auteurs suédois contemporains, Torgny Lindgren et Per Olof Enquist.

Hans Olofson is the son of a Swedish lumberjack. His childhood was unsettled: an alcoholic father, and a mother disappeared, only alive in old photographs. His adolescence was no easier as he lost both his best friend and his lover tragically. Alone and adrift, as a young man his only desire is to fulfil his lover''s dream and visit the grave of a legendary missionary who survived alone in the remote hills of Northern Zambia. On reaching Africa, Olofson is struck by its beauty and mystery. After fulfilling his initial quest, an opportunity of employment in the region tempts him to stay. Time passes quickly. Though dismayed by the attitude of the white population to their adopted country, which is compounded by their vulnerability to alcohol and malaria, he is interested enough to take up sole responsibility for the farm he manages.For almost two decades Hans Olofson battles with a hostile environment and a placid, but resistant workforce. Set in the 1970s and 1980s, "The Eye of the Leopard" explores the relationship between the white farmers and their native workers. Through Olofson''s descent into near mental collapse it becomes clear that many years spent in a foreign land do not necessarily breed an understanding of its people: a handful of generations of white settlers cannot change a continent underpinned by myth and superstition. "The Eye of the Leopard" is a first-rate and original psychological thriller delving deep into the mind of a man lost in an unknown world.

Primer volumen de la trilogía de Mozambique de Henning Mankell. Un acto literario transformado en compromiso social. Este libro trata de Sofia, quien un día pisó una mina antipersona que estaba enterrada en las afueras de su poblado en Mozambique. Sofia existe realmente. Es una persona invencible. Sobrevivio y no se deja pisar. Henning Mankell ha conocido a Sofia y son amigos cercanos. Sofia corre a traves de la noche. Esta oscuro y tiene mucho miedo. Corre por un camino que pasa entre arbustos y zarzales. No ve el camino, pero lo recuerda, sus pies saben donde gira y donde sigue recto. ¿Que es lo que la persigue en la oscuridad? ¿Un animal que ni siquiera tiene ojos? Debe esconderse, salir del camino y encogerse, hacerse pequeña entre la maleza. Da un salto como ha visto hacer a los antilopes, y abandona el suelo. Y entonces ya lo sabe...

A haunting and powerful story about war-torn Africa, a mystical orphan boy, and the power of narrative to give a chaotic world order. In the hot African night a single gunshot cracks the silence. Jose Antonio traces the sound to the stage of the local theatre company, where he finds Nelio, the young prophetical leader of the citys street kids, crumpled in blood. Nelio refuses to be taken to the hospital but instead tells Jose his lifes story: how bandits raided his village, his daring escape, and his struggle to survive on the streets. Jose is irrevocably changed. He becomes the Chronicler of the Winds, revealing Nelioss magical tale to all who will listen.

"Nichts ist seit den Hohlenzeichnungen der Steinzeitmenschen so bewegend wie diese Bucher sterbender Eltern fur ihre Kinder." Elke Heidenreich "Es ist zwei Wochen her, da Aida mir gezeigt hat, wo sie ihre Mangopflanze versteckt hat, ein paar Meilen nordlich von Kampala in Uganda." Aidas Mutter wird bald an Aids sterben. Aber Aida pflanzt einen Mangobaum als Symbol des Lebens. Und von ihrer Mutter bekommt sie ein Memory Book Henning Mankell ist nach Uganda gereist, um mit Aidskranken und deren Angehorigen zu sprechen. Entwicklungshelfer unterstutzen die Eltern dabei, Memory Books fur ihre Kinder zu verfassen: Erinnerungsbucher, kleine Hefte mit eingeklebten Bildern und Texten. Denn was konnen Kinder uber ihre Eltern erzahlen, wenn sie bei ihrem Tod noch zu klein waren, um sich an sie zu erinnern? Wie sollen junge Waisen erfahren, wer ihre Eltern waren, wer sie selbst sind, woher sie kommen?

After killing a man in the line of duty, Kurt Wallander resolves to quit the Ystad police. However, a bizarre case gets under his skin. A lawyer driving home at night stops to investigate an effigy sitting in a chair in the middle of the highway. The lawyer is hit over the head and dies. Within a week the lawyers son is also killed. These deeply puzzling mysteries compel Wallander to remain on the force. The prime suspect is a powerful corporate mogul with a gleaming smile that Wallander believes hides the evil glee of a killer. Joined by Ann-Britt Hoglund, Wallander begins to uncover the truth, but the same merciless individuals responsible for the murders are now closing in on him.

Sofia corre a través de la noche. Está oscuro y tiene mucho miedo. Corre siguiendo un camino que serpentea entre arbustos y zarzales. ¿Qué es lo que la persigue en la oscuridad? ¿Un monstruo sin ojos? Piensa que tiene que esconderse, hacerse pequeña entre la maleza. Da un salto como ha visto hacer a los antilopes y se separa del suelo. Y entonces se da cuenta... Sofia ha pisado una mina antipersona. Sobrevivio. Henning mankell la ha conocido. Ahora son amigos. Esta es su historia.