Italian Shoes, Henning Mankell
Italian Shoes, Henning Mankell
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Italian Shoes

Author: Henning Mankell

Narrator: Henry Strozier

Unabridged: 10 hr

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 12/30/2009


Synopsis

With more than 30 million copies of his works published in 37 languages, award-winning author Henning Mankell may be Sweden' s most accomplished novelist. Here he crafts the icy, atmospheric tale of Fredrik Welin, a disgraced surgeon living in exile on a small island. When Fredrik receives a surprise visit from a lover he abandoned decades earlier, he begins the difficult road to redemption.

About Henning Mankell

Henning 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.


Reviews

This novel is not part of the Wallander series and no crime is involved. It may be unusual in that the two most important characters are both old. Frederick Welin is a surgeon, now retired, who lives on a Swedish island. But for his cat and his dog, both of whom are also old, he lives alone. Given h......more

Goodreads review by sadra

راستش من به عنوان رمان جنایی خوندمش ولی اصلا جنایی نبود.🙆‍♂️ زندگی حوصله سر بر یه پزشک بازنشسته داخل یه جزیره تنها. تازه پایانشم بازه.🤬 البته تکنیک رمان نویسیش قویه واسه همین میشه تحملش کرد اما در کل ارزششو نداره. خلاصه که: Don't waste your time with this......more

Goodreads review by Celia

Caution: This is NOT a happy book. But an engrossing book, it is indeed. First, we meet Fredrik Welin. He lives on an isolated island in the north of Sweden. He is trained as a doctor but has not practiced in 12 years. He is 66 years old. The first thing we learn about him is that he takes a dip into......more