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The Shadow Girls - by Henning Mankell (Paperback)

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  • From the dean of Scandinavian noirand the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed Kurt Wallander series, comes this moving and profound literary novel about three refugee women and the poet they befriend.Jesper Humlin is a mildly famous author and poet with lackluster book sales.
  • About the Author: Henning Mankell is the internatinally acclaimed, bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander novels.
  • 336 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Literary

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About the Book



A poet of middling acclaim who is saddled by his underwhelming book sales, an exasperated girlfriend, a demanding mother, and a rapidly fading tan starts an unlikely writing group that requires more of him than he first imagined in this humorous and heartbreaking work.



Book Synopsis



From the dean of Scandinavian noirand the internationally bestselling and universally acclaimed Kurt Wallander series, comes this moving and profound literary novel about three refugee women and the poet they befriend.

Jesper Humlin is a mildly famous author and poet with lackluster book sales. Not even his editor will support his artistic vision, suggesting instead that he start writing crime novels in the place of poetry. In his travels, Humlin encounters three women who will change his worldview. All three have fled their home countries and settled in Sweden: Leyla from Iran, Tanya from Russia, and Tea-Bag from Nigeria. The women look to Humlin for guidance in telling their stories, learning how to shape the tales of their journeys and sacrifices. Both social comedy and social tragedy ensue from these efforts, but in the end Humlin, Leyla, Tanya and Tea-Bag all find that they have helped change one another.

The Shadow Girls is an absorbing tale of how a diverse society changes--and is changed by--its citizens, whoever they are



Review Quotes




"At once darkly absurd, funny, passionate, wrenching and deeply socially aware. . . . [And] a heartfelt reminder of the many people whose struggles are never known."
--The Plain Dealer

"Passionate and entertaining. . . . Mankell writes with both a social conscience and great humor."
--The Daily Telegraph (London)

"A serious novel with a lot of heart."
--Bookreporter

"Mankell is giving a voice to those who do not possess one."
--The Independent (London)

"Henning Mankell works . . . astounding magic. . . . He brings us the distinctive but overlapping voices of three perceptive young women who, once their harrowing, poetic floods of pain are released, can never again be ignored."
--Washington Independent Review of Books



About the Author



Henning Mankell is the internatinally acclaimed, bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander novels. Mankell's novels have been translated into forty-five languages and have sold more than forty million copies worldwide. He was the first winner of the Ripper Award and also received the Glass Key and the Crime Writers' Association Golden Dagger, among other awards. His Kurt Wallander mysteries have been adapted into a PBS television series starring Kenneth Branagh. During his life, Mankell divided his time between Sweden and Mozambique, where he was artistic director of the Teatro Avenida in Maputo. He died in 2015.

Dimensions (Overall): 7.9 Inches (H) x 5.2 Inches (W) x .8 Inches (D)
Weight: .55 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 336
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Literary
Publisher: Vintage
Format: Paperback
Author: Henning Mankell
Language: English
Street Date: November 5, 2013
TCIN: 1005135397
UPC: 9780307385932
Item Number (DPCI): 247-23-1055
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 0.8 inches length x 5.2 inches width x 7.9 inches height
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