The man from Beijing
In the Swedish hamlet of Hesjövallen, January 1960 nineteen people have been massacred. The only clue is a red ribbon found at the scene. Judge Birgitta Roslin's Andrén grandparents, and an Andrén family from Nevada are among the victims. She then discovers the nineteenth-century diary of an...
Main Author: | Mankell, Henning, 1948- |
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Other Authors: | Thompson, Laurie, 1938-, Landor, Rosalyn. |
Format: | Audiobooks Audiobook (CD) |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
Random House Audio,
p2010.
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Online Access: |
Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here. |
Summary: |
In the Swedish hamlet of Hesjövallen, January 1960 nineteen people have been massacred. The only clue is a red ribbon found at the scene. Judge Birgitta Roslin's Andrén grandparents, and an Andrén family from Nevada are among the victims. She then discovers the nineteenth-century diary of an Andrén ancestor, a gang master on the American transcontinental railway, that describes brutal treatment of Chinese slave workers. |
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Item Description: |
Unabridged. Compact discs. Originally published under title Kinesen : Stockholm : Leopard, 2008. Translation of: Kinesen. |
Physical Description: |
12 sound discs (15 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
ISBN: |
9780307712356 (container) 0307712354 (container) |
Author Notes: |
He was committed to the fight against AIDS. He helped build a village for orphaned children and devoted much of his spare time to his "memory books" project, where parents dying from AIDS are encouraged to record their life stories in words and pictures. He was also among the activists who were attacked and arrested by Israeli forces as they tried to sail to the Gaza strip with humanitarian supplies in June 2010. He died from cancer on October 5, 2015 at the age of 67. (Bowker Author Biography) |