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Vindens sonHenning Mankell

Vindens son

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In the 1870s, Hans Bengler arrives in Cape Town from Sweden, driven by a singular desire: to discover an insect no one has seen before and name it after himself. But then he impulsively adopts a young San orphan, a boy he christens Daniel and brings with him back to Sweden--a quite different specimen than he first contemplated. Daniel is told to call Bengler "Father," taught to knock on doors and bow, and continually struggles to understand this strange new land of mud and snow that surrounds and seemingly entraps him. At the same time, he is haunted by visions of his murdered parents calling…

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13 editions · 5 languages
  • Hardcover · English · 2010
    Daniel
    Harvill Secker · 279 pages · 9781843432227
  • Other · English · 2011
    Daniel
    W F Howes · 439 pages · 9781407468846
  • Other · English · 2011
    Daniel
    Vintage · 9780099481430
  • Other · English · 2011
    Daniel
    Vintage Books · 9780307385840
  • Other · English · 2010
    Daniel
    The New Press · 279 pages · 9781595581938
  • Other · English · 2010
    Daniel
    ReadHowYouWant.com, Limited · 428 pages · 9781459607606
JungeBoysAfricansSan (African people)FictionRace relationsRelaciones racialesNovela histo rica