Depths (Signed - First Edition; First Printing)

Mankell, Henning

ISBN 10: 0676978711 / ISBN 13: 9780676978711

Editore: Alfred A. Knopf, Canada, Toronto, 2004

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This copy appears unread. FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING, SIGNED by Henning Mankell on the title page and dated "21.2.10", at his appearance in Toronto. A very fine collectible copy in all aspects. A copy of the event ticket is laid in. Codice articolo 001126

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Titolo: Depths (Signed - First Edition; First ...

Casa editrice: Alfred A. Knopf, Canada, Toronto

Data di pubblicazione: 2004

Legatura: Hardcover

Condizione: Fine

Condizione sovraccoperta: Fine

autografato: Signed by Author(s)

Edizione: 1st Edition

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Riassunto:

Internationally acclaimed and bestselling author Henning Mankell will be published for the first time in Canada by Knopf Canada with Depths.

October 1914: the destroyer Svea emerged from the Stockholm archipelago bearing south-southeast. On board was Lars Tobiasson-Svartman, a naval engineer charged with making depth soundings to find a navigable channel for the Swedish navy. As a child Tobiasson-Svartman was fascinated by measurement; nothing is as magical as exact knowledge. His instinct for his profession is reflected in the comfortable domesticity he enjoys with his wife – herself meticulous in every detail.

Close to the waters where soundings are taken Tobiasson-Svartman alights on a barren skerry, presumed uninhabited, and is surprised to discover there a young woman, Sara Fredrika. Despite her almost feral appearance, something about her strikes him to the core. The mission is a success and the Svea returns to Gothenburg. Tobiasson-Svartman, however, remains haunted by this chance encounter; his equilibrium has been disturbed, and he is now compelled to find any pretence to return to the remote islet.

In Depths Mankell confirms his status as a writer deserving acclaim beyond the crime genre. By delving deep into the male psyche, he has produced a novel as tense and compelling in every way as the Wallander series, but also powerful, moving and ultimately tragic.

Informazioni sull?autore:

Henning Mankell is the prize-winning and internationally acclaimed author of the Inspector Wallander Mysteries, now dominating bestseller lists throughout Europe. He devotes much of his free time to working with AIDS charities in Africa, where he is also director of the Teatro Avenida in Maputo, Mozambique.