The Resource A treacherous paradise, Henning Mankell ; Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson
A treacherous paradise, Henning Mankell ; Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson
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- Summary
- Cold and poverty define Hanna Renstrom's childhood in remote northern Sweden, and in 1905, at nineteen, she boards a ship for Australia in hope of a better life. But none of her hopes--or fears--prepares her for the life she will lead. After two brief marriages, she finds herself a widow twice over, and the owner of a bordello in Portuguese East Africa, a world where colonialism and white supremacy rule, where she is isolated within society by her profession and her sex, and, among the bordello's black prostitutes, by her color. As Hanna's story unfurls over the next several years, we watch her in this "treacherous paradise, " as she wrestles with a constant, wrenching loneliness and with the racism she's meant to unthinkingly adopt. And as her life becomes increasingly intertwined with the prostitutes, she moves inexorably toward the moment when she will make a decision that defies every expectation society has of her, and, more important, those she has of herself
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Extent
- 359 pages
- Note
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- "Originally published in Sweden as Minnet av en smutsig angel by Leopard Förlag, Stockholm, in 2011."
- "This translation originally published in Great Britain by Harvill Secker, an imprint of the Random House Group Limited, London."
- "THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK"--Title page verso
- Isbn
- 9780307961228
- Label
- A treacherous paradise
- Title
- A treacherous paradise
- Statement of responsibility
- Henning Mankell ; Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Cold and poverty define Hanna Renstrom's childhood in remote northern Sweden, and in 1905, at nineteen, she boards a ship for Australia in hope of a better life. But none of her hopes--or fears--prepares her for the life she will lead. After two brief marriages, she finds herself a widow twice over, and the owner of a bordello in Portuguese East Africa, a world where colonialism and white supremacy rule, where she is isolated within society by her profession and her sex, and, among the bordello's black prostitutes, by her color. As Hanna's story unfurls over the next several years, we watch her in this "treacherous paradise, " as she wrestles with a constant, wrenching loneliness and with the racism she's meant to unthinkingly adopt. And as her life becomes increasingly intertwined with the prostitutes, she moves inexorably toward the moment when she will make a decision that defies every expectation society has of her, and, more important, those she has of herself
- Citation location within source
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- June 01, 2013
- June 03, 2013
- January 28, 2013
- Citation source
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- Booklist
- Publishers Weekly
- Library Journal Prepub Alert
- Booklist Starred Reviews,
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-2015
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mankell, Henning
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Brothels
- Racism
- Women, White
- Swedes
- Brothels
- Prostitution
- Maputo Bay (Mozambique)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A treacherous paradise, Henning Mankell ; Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson
- Note
-
- "Originally published in Sweden as Minnet av en smutsig angel by Leopard Förlag, Stockholm, in 2011."
- "This translation originally published in Great Britain by Harvill Secker, an imprint of the Random House Group Limited, London."
- "THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 2013005864
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Extent
- 359 pages
- Isbn
- 9780307961228
- Lccn
- 2013005864
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780307961228
- (OCoLC)829645884
- Label
- A treacherous paradise, Henning Mankell ; Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson
- Note
-
- "Originally published in Sweden as Minnet av en smutsig angel by Leopard Förlag, Stockholm, in 2011."
- "This translation originally published in Great Britain by Harvill Secker, an imprint of the Random House Group Limited, London."
- "THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK"--Title page verso
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 2013005864
- Dimensions
- 25 cm.
- Edition
- First U.S. edition
- Extent
- 359 pages
- Isbn
- 9780307961228
- Lccn
- 2013005864
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) i9780307961228
- (OCoLC)829645884
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