by Henning Mankell · Vintage · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780099455479
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«Chronicler of the Winds» is the novel by Henning Mankell, published by Vintage in paperback (240 pages, in English).
One night, José Antonio Maria Vaz hears gunshots in the abandoned theater next to his bakery and finds Nelio, a street boy, wounded on the stage. Nelio asks to be taken up to the roof to breathe the air of the Indian Ocean and, as his life fades, tells him his story: the destruction of his village, his flight and the harsh survival in the city.
Originally published in Swedish as «Comédia Infantil» in 1995, it was nominated for the Augustpriset and won the Sveriges Radios Romanpris in 1996.
For readers of literary fiction interested in Mozambique and in the author of the Kurt Wallander series.
Henning Georg Mankell was a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a number of plays and screenplays for television.
