A treacherous paradise
Mankell, Henning, 1948-2014
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In 1904, Hanna Renstrom escapes the brutal poverty of rural Sweden for a job as a cook onboard a steamship headed for Australia. She finds love in the form of the ship's mate, whom she marries, but disaster strikes when her husband is struck down almost immediately by a fatal illness. Jumping ship at the African port of Lourenco Marques, Hanna decides to begin her life anew. Stumbling across what she believes to be a down-at-heel hotel, Hanna becomes embroiled in a sequence of events that lead to her inheriting the most successful brothel in town.
Main title:
A treacherous paradise / Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson.
Author:
Mankell, Henning, 1948-, authorThompson, Laurie, 1938-, translator
Work:
Imprint:
London : Vintage Books, 2014.
Collation:
390 pages ; 20 cm
Notes:
This translation originally published: London: Harvill Secker, 2013.
ISBN:
9780099572176 (pbk)
Dewey class:
839.7'38
LC class:
PT9876.23.A49
Language:
EnglishSwedish
Added title:
BRN:
261416