Quicksand what it means to be a human being
"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 oppo...
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English Swedish |
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New York :
Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC,
2016.
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| Summary: | "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."-- |
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| Item Description: | "Bestselling author of An Event in Autumn"--Cover. "Originally published in Sweden as Kvicksand by Leopard foĢrlag, Stockholm, in 2014"--Title page verso. |
| Physical Description: | 303 pages ; 21 cm |
| ISBN: | 9780525432159 0525432159 |
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