by Henning Mankell · Harvill Secker · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781860469916
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«Chronicler of the Winds» is the novel by Henning Mankell, published by Harvill Secker in paperback (233 pages, in English).
In an African city, the baker José Antonio Maria Vaz finds Nelio, a wounded street child who tells him his story over nine nights: the destruction of his village, his flight, and his life with a band of abandoned children. A fable about survival, imagination, and the meaning of life in Africa.
Originally published in 1995 as «Comédia Infantil», this is the English edition translated by Tiina Nunnally. Finalist for the Augustpriset and winner of the Sveriges Radios Romanpris.
For readers of literary fiction and fans of Henning Mankell interested in his African work, apart from the 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.
