Henning Mankell

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Quicksand: What It Means to Be a Human BeingPaperback, 10 January 2017

Quicksand: What It Means to Be a Human Being
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Print Length
320 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Vintage
Date Published
10 Jan 2017
ISBN-10
0525432159
ISBN-13
9780525432159

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A stunning and poignant autobiographical look at the myriad experiences that shape a meaningful life, by the bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries.

**"Surely one of the most moving and intriguing farewell notes ever written.... Intensely beautiful in its spirit." --Alexander McCall Smith, New Statesman
**
In January 2014, Henning Mankell received a diagnosis of lung cancer. Quicksand is a response to this shattering news--but it is not a memoir of destruction. Instead, it is a testament to a life fully lived, a tribute to the extraordinary but fleeting human journey that delivers both boundless opportunity and crucial responsibility. In a series of intimate vignettes, Mankell ranges over rich and varied reflections: of growing up in a small Swedish town, where he experiences a startling revelation on a winter morning as a young boy; of living hand-to-mouth during a summer in Paris as an ambitious young writer; of his work at a theater in Mozambique, where Lysistrata is staged in the midst of civil war; of chance encounters with men and women who changed his understanding of the world. Along the way, Mankell ponders the meaning of a good life, and the critically important ways we can shape the future of humanity if we are fortunate enough to have the choice. Vivid, clear-eyed, and breathtakingly beautiful, Quicksand is an invaluable parting gift from a great man.

Product Details

Author:
Henning Mankell
Book Format:
Paperback
Country of Origin:
US
Date Published:
10 January 2017
Dimensions:
20.07 x 12.95 x 2.03 cm
Genre:
New Age
ISBN-10:
0525432159
ISBN-13:
9780525432159
Language:
English
Pages:
320
Publisher:
Weight:
226.8 gm

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