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Daniel

Daniel Hardback - 2010 - 1st Edition

by Henning Mankell

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In the 1870s, Hans Bengler arrives in Cape Town from Sweden, driven by a singular desire: to discover an insect no one has seen before and name it after himself. But then he impulsively adopts a young orphan and brings with him back to Sweden--a quite different specimen than he first contemplated.

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New Press, The, 2010. Hardcover. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.
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  • Title Daniel
  • Author Henning Mankell
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Condition Used - Very good
  • Pages 288
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher New Press, The, New York
  • Publication date 2010
  • Features Dust Cover, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # G1595581936I4N00
  • ISBN 9781595581938 / 1595581936
  • Weight 1.21 lbs (0.55 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.46 x 6.4 x 0.96 in (24.03 x 16.26 x 2.44 cm)
  • Category Fiction - General
  • Library of Congress subjects Boys, San (African people) - Sweden
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010027425
  • Dewey Decimal Code FIC
  • Quantity available 1

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From the publisher

From the bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander novels: The "haunting and fascinating" tale of a young boy's harrowing odyssey from Africa to Sweden (Booklist).

In the 1870s, Hans Bengler arrives in Cape Town from Smland, Sweden, driven by a singular desire: to discover an insect no one has seen before and name it after himself. But then he impulsively adopts a young San orphan boy whose parents have been killed by European colonists. Christening the boy Daniel, Hans brings him back to Sweden--a quite different specimen than he first contemplated.

Daniel is told to call Bengler "Father," and to knock on doors and bow. He continually struggles to understand this strange new land of mud and snow that surrounds and seemingly entraps him. At the same time, he is haunted by visions of his murdered parents calling him home to Africa. Knowing that the only way home is by sea, he decides he must learn to walk on water if he is ever to reclaim his true place in the world.

Evocative and sometimes brutal, the novel follows Daniel through a series of tragedies and betrayals that culminate in a shocking act. Henning Mankell, a world-renowned "master of atmosphere," offers this "quiet tragedy" with a ruthless elegance all his own (The Boston Globe).

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Citations

  • Booklist, 11/01/2010, Page 33
  • Kirkus Reviews, 10/01/2010, Page 0
  • Library Journal, 09/15/2010, Page 61
  • New York Times Book Review, 12/26/2010, Page 20
  • Publishers Weekly, 09/13/2010, Page 0

About the author

Henning Mankell (1948-2015) was an internationally bestselling author who received numerous awards, including the Crime Writers' Association's Macallan Gold Dagger and the German Tolerance Prize. His Kurt Wallander mysteries are global bestsellers and have been adapted into the PBS Masterpiece Mystery! series Wallander, starring Kenneth Branagh. The New Press has published English translations of nine of his Kurt Wallander mysteries--Faceless Killers, The Dogs of Riga, The White Lioness, Sidetracked, The Fifth Woman, One Step Behind, Firewall, The Man Who Smiled, and The Pyramid--and Before the Frost: A Linda Wallander Mystery; the novels The Return of the Dancing Master, Chronicler of the Winds, Depths, Kennedy's Brain, The Eye of the Leopard, Italian Shoes, Daniel, and The Shadow Girls; and the nonfiction I Die, But My Memory Lives On: The World AIDS Crisis and the Memory Book Project. Born in Stockholm, Mankell grew up in the Swedish village of Sveg. He divided his time between Sweden and Maputo, Mozambique, where he was a director at Teatro Avenida.

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