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- Book Title
- Quicksand : What It Means to Be a Human Being
- Publication Name
- Quicksand
- Title
- Quicksand
- Subtitle
- What It Means to Be a Human Being
- Format
- Trade Paperback
- ISBN-10
- 0525432159
- EAN
- 9780525432159
- ISBN
- 9780525432159
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Genre
- Biography & Autobiography, Body, Mind & Spirit
- Topic
- Inspiration & Personal Growth, Personal Memoirs, General, Literary
- Release Date
- 10/01/2017
- Release Year
- 2017
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- US
- Item Height
- 0.6in
- Item Length
- 7.9in
- Item Width
- 5.1in
- Item Weight
- 9.4 Oz
- Language
- English
- Publication Year
- 2017
- Number of Pages
- 320 Pages
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A stunning and poignant autobiographical look at the myriad experiences that shape a meaningful life, by the bestselling author of the Kurt Wallander mysteries. 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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Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0525432159
ISBN-13
9780525432159
eBay Product ID (ePID)
228969965
Product Key Features
Book Title
Quicksand : What It Means to Be a Human Being
Format
Trade Paperback
Language
English
Topic
Inspiration & Personal Growth, Personal Memoirs, General, Literary
Publication Year
2017
Genre
Biography & Autobiography, Body, Mind & Spirit
Number of Pages
320 Pages
Dimensions
Item Length
7.9in
Item Height
0.6in
Item Width
5.1in
Item Weight
9.4 Oz
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Praise for Henning Mankell's Quicksand "Surely one of the most moving and intriguing farewell notes ever written. . . . Intensely beautiful in its spirit." --Alexander McCall Smith, New Statesman "An extraordinary book. . . . Profoundly moving." -- The Guardian " Quicksand defines life not by its ending but by the creative and humanitarian content that filled--and fulfilled--Mankell's life. . . . The essays sharpen with resounding poignancy." -- Financial Times "An extremely moving swansong. . . . The reader realizes that Mankell has never really been driven by anger but by the tiny, fragile hope that his words and deeds will help in the fight for a fairer world." -- The Independent (London) "[An] absorbing addition to the work of Sweden's most internationally famous writer since August Strindberg. . . . Quicksand , a hybrid of essay and memoir, reflects knowledgeably on art, religion, childhood, and the 'final insensibility' that is our dying. Rarely has a writer contemplated the mystery of the end of life with such a wide-ranging curiosity." -- London Evening Standard "Uplifting and, as a memoir, as unusual a creation as [Mankell's] Nordic detective, Kurt Wallander." -- GQ (London) "Elegant, unflinching." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review), Praise for Henning Mankell's Quicksand "Surely one of the most moving and intriguing farewell notes ever written. . . . Intensely beautiful in its spirit." --Alexander McCall Smith, New Statesman "An extraordinary book. . . . Profoundly moving." -- The Guardian " Quicksand defines life not by its ending but by the creative and humanitarian content that filled--and fulfilled--Mankell's life. . . . The essays sharpen with resounding poignancy." -- Financial Times "An extremely moving swansong. . . . The reader realizes that Mankell has never really been driven by anger but by the tiny, fragile hope that his words and deeds will help in the fight for a fairer world." -- The Independent (London) "[An] absorbing addition to the work of Sweden's most internationally famous writer since August Strindberg. . . . Quicksand , a hybrid of essay and memoir, reflects knowledgeably on art, religion, childhood, and the 'final insensibility' that is our dying. Rarely has a writer contemplated the mystery of the end of life with such a wide-ranging curiosity." -- London Evening Standard "Throughout Quicksand , there are scenes [of] joy and triumph in the midst of suffering and loss. This grave book . . . takes us to these places in the thoughtful company of a great soul." -- New Statesman "Uplifting and, as a memoir, as unusual a creation as [Mankell's] Nordic detective, Kurt Wallander." -- GQ (London)
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Packing could have been better. Movie was shipped in an oversized boxboard mailer that allowed the movie to move around. The slipcover slid off a bit and the mailer was badly bent, which caused damage to the slipcover. Not worth the hassle of a return, but more care should be taken with the packing. Otherwise, extremely efficient; item arrived well before expected.
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