Daniel - Softcover
In 1875 Hans Bengler, a young entomologist, leaves Sweden for the expedition of a lifetime to the Kalahari Desert where he hopes to find a previously undiscovered insect to name after himself and advance his career. Instead, after his long and arduous journey through the sands, he finds a small boy, whose tribe has been decimated by European raiders.
Accustomed to collecting specimens, Bengler decides to adopt the boy and names him Daniel. He takes the traumatised child home with him to Sweden and plans to 'civilise' him. But Daniel cannot slip into an alien culture, and a new life in the cold and snow, so easily. He yearns desperately for the desert and his real family, who visit him in his dreams. His only consolation comes from his friendship with a vulnerable young girl called Sanna, who is also an outsider in her community. But even this bond is destined to be violently broken, as Daniel's isolation and increasing desperation lead to a chilling tragedy.
As well as an acute psychological depiction of the extraordinary life of a child thrown into extraordinary circumstances, in Daniel the acclaimed writer Henning Mankell also gives us a compelling and disturbing story of the dangerous gaps and misunderstandings that can exist between individuals and cultures.
Accustomed to collecting specimens, Bengler decides to adopt the boy and names him Daniel. He takes the traumatised child home with him to Sweden and plans to 'civilise' him. But Daniel cannot slip into an alien culture, and a new life in the cold and snow, so easily. He yearns desperately for the desert and his real family, who visit him in his dreams. His only consolation comes from his friendship with a vulnerable young girl called Sanna, who is also an outsider in her community. But even this bond is destined to be violently broken, as Daniel's isolation and increasing desperation lead to a chilling tragedy.
As well as an acute psychological depiction of the extraordinary life of a child thrown into extraordinary circumstances, in Daniel the acclaimed writer Henning Mankell also gives us a compelling and disturbing story of the dangerous gaps and misunderstandings that can exist between individuals and cultures.
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Historical touches mingle with elements of magic realism to convey themes dear to the author s heart. "Los Angeles Times"
An engrossing story, with a real sense of pace and adventure, illuminated by empathy with the bewilderment and longing of a clever, lonely child. "The Independent "(London)
A quiet tragedy. "The Boston Globe"
Mankell s fierce instinct for social criticism is admirable. "The New York Times Book Review"
A writer with the imagination, brains, resources . . . [who] make[s] thoughtful, challenging, exciting, artistic novels. "The Philadelphia Inquirer"
Mankell is expert at depicting brutal scenes. He s also adept at getting inside exotic heads like Daniel s; this book s greatest strength is imagination. Its second greatest is empathy. "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"
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Earnest and heartbreaking. . . . Mankell fully understands Daniel's radically different cultural perspective and indelibly captures the boy's longing to return to his homeland and the tragic consequences of his forced exile. "Publishers Weekly"
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A haunting and fascinating story of clashes of culture and race in the nineteenth century as well as a touching, sometimes cruel examination of familial and other human ties. "Booklist""
"Historical touches mingle with elements of magic realism to convey themes dear to the author's heart." --Los Angeles Times "An engrossing story, with a real sense of pace and adventure, illuminated by empathy with the bewilderment and longing of a clever, lonely child." --The Independent (London) "A quiet tragedy." --The Boston Globe "Mankell's fierce instinct for social criticism is admirable."--The New York Times Book Review "A writer with the imagination, brains, resources . . . [who] make[s] thoughtful, challenging, exciting, artistic novels."--The Philadelphia Inquirer "Mankell is expert at depicting brutal scenes. He's also adept at getting inside exotic heads like Daniel's; this book's greatest strength is imagination. Its second greatest is empathy." --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Earnest and heartbreaking. . . . Mankell fully understands Daniel's radically different cultural perspective and indelibly captures the boy's longing to return to his homeland and the tragic consequences of his forced exile." --Publishers Weekly
"A haunting and fascinating story of clashes of culture and race in the nineteenth century as well as a touching, sometimes cruel examination of familial and other human ties." --Booklist
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An engrossing story, with a real sense of pace and adventure, illuminated by empathy with the bewilderment and longing of a clever, lonely child. "The Independent "(London)
A quiet tragedy. "The Boston Globe"
Mankell s fierce instinct for social criticism is admirable. "The New York Times Book Review"
A writer with the imagination, brains, resources . . . [who] make[s] thoughtful, challenging, exciting, artistic novels. "The Philadelphia Inquirer"
Mankell is expert at depicting brutal scenes. He s also adept at getting inside exotic heads like Daniel s; this book s greatest strength is imagination. Its second greatest is empathy. "Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"
""
Earnest and heartbreaking. . . . Mankell fully understands Daniel's radically different cultural perspective and indelibly captures the boy's longing to return to his homeland and the tragic consequences of his forced exile. "Publishers Weekly"
""
A haunting and fascinating story of clashes of culture and race in the nineteenth century as well as a touching, sometimes cruel examination of familial and other human ties. "Booklist""
"Historical touches mingle with elements of magic realism to convey themes dear to the author's heart." --Los Angeles Times "An engrossing story, with a real sense of pace and adventure, illuminated by empathy with the bewilderment and longing of a clever, lonely child." --The Independent (London) "A quiet tragedy." --The Boston Globe "Mankell's fierce instinct for social criticism is admirable."--The New York Times Book Review "A writer with the imagination, brains, resources . . . [who] make[s] thoughtful, challenging, exciting, artistic novels."--The Philadelphia Inquirer "Mankell is expert at depicting brutal scenes. He's also adept at getting inside exotic heads like Daniel's; this book's greatest strength is imagination. Its second greatest is empathy." --Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
"Earnest and heartbreaking. . . . Mankell fully understands Daniel's radically different cultural perspective and indelibly captures the boy's longing to return to his homeland and the tragic consequences of his forced exile." --Publishers Weekly
"A haunting and fascinating story of clashes of culture and race in the nineteenth century as well as a touching, sometimes cruel examination of familial and other human ties." --Booklist
A compelling story of a child driven to violence through loss and loneliness
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- PublisherHarvill Secker
- Publication date2010
- ISBN 10 184655392X
- ISBN 13 9781846553929
- BindingPaperback
- Number of pages288
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