The Resource A treacherous paradise, Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson
A treacherous paradise, Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson
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- Summary
- Cold and poverty define Hanna Renstrom's childhood in remote northern Sweden, and in 1905, at nineteen, she boards a ship for Australia in hope of a better life. But none of her hopes--or fears--prepares her for the life she will lead. After two brief marriages, she finds herself a widow twice over, and the owner of a bordello in Portuguese East Africa, a world where colonialism and white supremacy rule, where she is isolated within society by her profession and her sex, and, among the bordello's black prostitutes, by her color. As Hanna's story unfurls over the next several years, we watch her in this "treacherous paradise, " as she wrestles with a constant, wrenching loneliness and with the racism she's meant to unthinkingly adopt. And as her life becomes increasingly intertwined with the prostitutes, she moves inexorably toward the moment when she will make a decision that defies every expectation society has of her, and, more important, those she has of herself
- Language
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- eng
- swe
- eng
- Extent
- 523 pages (large print)
- Isbn
- 9780804120982
- Label
- A treacherous paradise
- Title
- A treacherous paradise
- Statement of responsibility
- Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson
- Language
-
- eng
- swe
- eng
- Summary
- Cold and poverty define Hanna Renstrom's childhood in remote northern Sweden, and in 1905, at nineteen, she boards a ship for Australia in hope of a better life. But none of her hopes--or fears--prepares her for the life she will lead. After two brief marriages, she finds herself a widow twice over, and the owner of a bordello in Portuguese East Africa, a world where colonialism and white supremacy rule, where she is isolated within society by her profession and her sex, and, among the bordello's black prostitutes, by her color. As Hanna's story unfurls over the next several years, we watch her in this "treacherous paradise, " as she wrestles with a constant, wrenching loneliness and with the racism she's meant to unthinkingly adopt. And as her life becomes increasingly intertwined with the prostitutes, she moves inexorably toward the moment when she will make a decision that defies every expectation society has of her, and, more important, those she has of herself
- Cataloging source
- HFU
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1948-2015
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mankell, Henning
- Dewey number
- 839.73/74
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PT9876.23.A49
- LC item number
- M6613 2013b
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1938-2015
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Thompson, Laurie
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Women, White
- Swedes
- Brothels
- Prostitution
- Maputo Bay (Mozambique)
- Large type books
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- A treacherous paradise, Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1429278
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 523 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780804120982
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 1429278
- (OCoLC)852751291
- Label
- A treacherous paradise, Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 1429278
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Extent
- 523 pages (large print)
- Form of item
- large print
- Isbn
- 9780804120982
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1429278
- (OCoLC)852751291
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