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The Resource A treacherous paradise, Henning Mankell ; Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson, (electronic resource)
A treacherous paradise, Henning Mankell ; Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson, (electronic resource)
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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
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (359 pages)
- Note
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- "THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK."
- "Originally published in Sweden as Minnet av en smutsig angel by Leopard Förlag, Stockholm, in 2011."
- Isbn
- 9780307961235
- Label
- A treacherous paradise
- Title
- A treacherous paradise
- Statement of responsibility
- Henning Mankell ; Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson
- Language
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- 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
- TEFOD
- 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 2013eb
- Literary form
- fiction
- Nature of contents
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- Women, White
- Swedes
- Brothels
- Prostitution
- Historical
- Literary
- Maputo Bay (Mozambique)
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- A treacherous paradise, Henning Mankell ; Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson, (electronic resource)
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- Note
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- "THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK."
- "Originally published in Sweden as Minnet av en smutsig angel by Leopard Förlag, Stockholm, in 2011."
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- Carrier category
- online resource
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- o853447917
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (359 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780307961235
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
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- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
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- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o853447917
- (Sirsi) o853447917
- (OCoLC)853447917
- Label
- A treacherous paradise, Henning Mankell ; Translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson, (electronic resource)
- Link
- Note
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- "THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK."
- "Originally published in Sweden as Minnet av en smutsig angel by Leopard Förlag, Stockholm, in 2011."
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Color
- multicolored
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- o853447917
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- 1 online resource (359 pages)
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9780307961235
- Level of compression
- unknown
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- c
- Quality assurance targets
- not applicable
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- unknown sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) o853447917
- (Sirsi) o853447917
- (OCoLC)853447917
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