Shadows in the Twilight - Hardcover

Mankell, Henning

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0385734964 ISBN 13: 9780385734967

Publisher: Delacorte Pr, 2008

Synopsis

JOEL WILL SOON be 12, and he thinks nothing is going on in the small community where he lives. But he’s wrong. One day, an incident that could easily have been a catastrophe turns into a miracle. Now Joel believes he owes the world a good deed, to prove that he deserved what might have been divine intervention. He thinks up an elaborate scheme, but it doesn’t go as anticipated. Even though his heart is in the right place, feelings are hurt. If he confesses what he’s done and why, will things be put right again?
Readers who met Joel Gustafson, his father, and their friends in A Bridge to the Stars will follow, with appreciation, Henning Mankell’s shrewd depiction, in this companion novel, of the surprising changes in Joel’s existence. Mankell deftly explores Joel’s self-discovery, his realization that lives can be altered in a single moment, and his new understanding that a choice between telling the truth and keeping silent can make all the difference.

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Review:

"Mankell's story always hovers on the edge of magical realism but he suggests that there is no magic as powerful as the imagination of a melancholy child." (Stephanie Merritt Observer)

"Translated beautifully by Laurie Thompson . . . there is no need to have read the previous book to be entranced by this one." (Jo Klaces TES)

"Beautifully written" (The Bookseller)

"A concise and questioning narrative that will amply reward reflective readers aged 10 and above." (School Librarian)

"Through Joel, Mankell invites us to think about what it is that makes us who we are, in this beautiful book." (Booktrusted.co.uk)

Book Description:

One of the world's bestselling authors has written a moving story about a a teenager's life in Northern Sweden.

About this edition

• Publisher: Delacorte Pr
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0385734964
• ISBN 13: 9780385734967
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 199