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The Resource Quicksand : what it means to be a human being, Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson with Marlaine Delargy

Quicksand : what it means to be a human being, Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson with Marlaine Delargy

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303 pages
Note
Originally published in Sweden as Kvicksand by Leopard forlag, Stockholm, in 2014 --From title-page verso
Contents
  • Part I: The crooked finger
  • The car accident
  • People reluctantly on their way into the shadows
  • The great discovery
  • Quicksand
  • the future is hidden underground
  • the bubble in the glass
  • Last will and testament
  • The man in the window
  • Hagar Qim
  • The lion man
  • Ice
  • Turning time in a different direction
  • A journey into the nether regions
  • The young medical student
  • A magician and an imposter
  • A dream about a muddy trench in Flanders
  • The caves
  • The floating rubbish dump
  • Signs
  • The raft of death
  • All this forgotten love
  • Timbuktu
  • A different archive
  • The courage to be afraid
  • Paris
  • The hippos
  • A cathedral and a cloud of dust
  • Part II: The road to Salamanca
  • Shadows
  • Luminous teeth
  • Photographs
  • The way out
  • Paris in flames, 1348
  • How long is eternity?
  • Room number 1
  • The road to Salamanca, part 1
  • the man who dismounted from his horse
  • While the child plays
  • Elena
  • the awakening according to Plato
  • Winter night
  • Relief
  • Getting lost
  • The road to Salamanca, part 2
  • Part III: The puppet on a string
  • The earth floor
  • Moving silently from darkness to darkness
  • Mantova and Buenos Aires
  • The stupid bird
  • Who will be there in the end to listen?
  • Salt water
  • The buffalo with eight legs
  • The secret of cave painters revealed
  • The happiness brought by a rickety lorry in the spring
  • The war invalid in Budapest
  • A visit when something both begins and ends
  • The woman with the sack of cement
  • A winter in Heraklion
  • Catastrophe on a German motorway
  • Jealousy and shame
  • The twenty-eighth day
  • Meeting in a amphitheatre
  • A thief and a policeman
  • Youth
  • The dead body on the bench for the accused
  • A violent north-westerly storm
  • A fictitious meeting in a park in Vienna, 1913
  • The puppet on a string
  • Never being robbed of one's happiness
Isbn
9780525432159
Instance
Label
Quicksand : what it means to be a human being
Title
Quicksand
Title remainder
what it means to be a human being
Statement of responsibility
Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson with Marlaine Delargy
Title variation
What it means to be a human being
Creator
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Biography type
autobiography
http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
1948-2015
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Mankell, Henning
Index
no index present
Literary form
non fiction
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Thompson, Laurie
  • Delargy, Marlaine
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Mankell, Henning
  • Authors, Swedish
  • Quality of life
  • Well-being
  • Life
Label
Quicksand : what it means to be a human being, Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson with Marlaine Delargy
Instantiates
Publication
Note
Originally published in Sweden as Kvicksand by Leopard forlag, Stockholm, in 2014 --From title-page verso
Contents
Part I: The crooked finger -- The car accident -- People reluctantly on their way into the shadows -- The great discovery -- Quicksand -- the future is hidden underground -- the bubble in the glass -- Last will and testament -- The man in the window -- Hagar Qim -- The lion man -- Ice -- Turning time in a different direction -- A journey into the nether regions -- The young medical student -- A magician and an imposter -- A dream about a muddy trench in Flanders -- The caves -- The floating rubbish dump -- Signs -- The raft of death -- All this forgotten love -- Timbuktu -- A different archive -- The courage to be afraid -- Paris -- The hippos -- A cathedral and a cloud of dust -- Part II: The road to Salamanca -- Shadows -- Luminous teeth -- Photographs -- The way out -- Paris in flames, 1348 -- How long is eternity? -- Room number 1 -- The road to Salamanca, part 1 -- the man who dismounted from his horse -- While the child plays -- Elena -- the awakening according to Plato -- Winter night -- Relief -- Getting lost -- The road to Salamanca, part 2 -- Part III: The puppet on a string -- The earth floor -- Moving silently from darkness to darkness -- Mantova and Buenos Aires -- The stupid bird -- Who will be there in the end to listen? -- Salt water -- The buffalo with eight legs -- The secret of cave painters revealed -- The happiness brought by a rickety lorry in the spring -- The war invalid in Budapest -- A visit when something both begins and ends -- The woman with the sack of cement -- A winter in Heraklion -- Catastrophe on a German motorway -- Jealousy and shame -- The twenty-eighth day -- Meeting in a amphitheatre -- A thief and a policeman -- Youth -- The dead body on the bench for the accused -- A violent north-westerly storm -- A fictitious meeting in a park in Vienna, 1913 -- The puppet on a string -- Never being robbed of one's happiness
Control code
951947690
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
303 pages
Isbn
9780525432159
Label
Quicksand : what it means to be a human being, Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson with Marlaine Delargy
Publication
Note
Originally published in Sweden as Kvicksand by Leopard forlag, Stockholm, in 2014 --From title-page verso
Contents
Part I: The crooked finger -- The car accident -- People reluctantly on their way into the shadows -- The great discovery -- Quicksand -- the future is hidden underground -- the bubble in the glass -- Last will and testament -- The man in the window -- Hagar Qim -- The lion man -- Ice -- Turning time in a different direction -- A journey into the nether regions -- The young medical student -- A magician and an imposter -- A dream about a muddy trench in Flanders -- The caves -- The floating rubbish dump -- Signs -- The raft of death -- All this forgotten love -- Timbuktu -- A different archive -- The courage to be afraid -- Paris -- The hippos -- A cathedral and a cloud of dust -- Part II: The road to Salamanca -- Shadows -- Luminous teeth -- Photographs -- The way out -- Paris in flames, 1348 -- How long is eternity? -- Room number 1 -- The road to Salamanca, part 1 -- the man who dismounted from his horse -- While the child plays -- Elena -- the awakening according to Plato -- Winter night -- Relief -- Getting lost -- The road to Salamanca, part 2 -- Part III: The puppet on a string -- The earth floor -- Moving silently from darkness to darkness -- Mantova and Buenos Aires -- The stupid bird -- Who will be there in the end to listen? -- Salt water -- The buffalo with eight legs -- The secret of cave painters revealed -- The happiness brought by a rickety lorry in the spring -- The war invalid in Budapest -- A visit when something both begins and ends -- The woman with the sack of cement -- A winter in Heraklion -- Catastrophe on a German motorway -- Jealousy and shame -- The twenty-eighth day -- Meeting in a amphitheatre -- A thief and a policeman -- Youth -- The dead body on the bench for the accused -- A violent north-westerly storm -- A fictitious meeting in a park in Vienna, 1913 -- The puppet on a string -- Never being robbed of one's happiness
Control code
951947690
Dimensions
21 cm
Extent
303 pages
Isbn
9780525432159

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