Quicksand: What It Means to Be a Human Being Contributor(s): Mankell, Henning (Author) |
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ISBN: 0525432159 ISBN-13: 9780525432159 Publisher: Vintage OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2017 * Not available - Not in print at this time * |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs - Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures - Body, Mind & Spirit | Inspiration & Personal Growth |
Dewey: B |
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 7.9" (0.50 lbs) 320 pages |
Themes: - Topical - New Age |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: 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. |