The Rock Blaster

The Rock Blaster
Författare
Medverkande
Förlag Quercus Books
GenreUtländska berättare
FormatHäftad
SpråkEngelska
Antal sidor207
Vikt210 gr
Utgiven2020-02-14
ISBN 9780857059468
Köp på AdlibrisKöp på BokusKöp på BookOutletSök på Bokbörsen

 At 3 p.m. on a Saturday afternoon in 1911, Oskar Johansson is caught in a blast in an industrial accident. The local newspaper reports him dead, but they are mistaken.

Because Oskar Johansson is a born survivor.

Though crippled, Oskar finds the strength to go on living and working. The Rock Blaster charts his long professional life - his hopes and dreams, sorrows and joys. His relationship with the woman whose love saved him, with the labour movement that gave him a cause to believe in, and with his children, who do not share his ideals.

Henning Mankell's first published novel is steeped in the burning desire for social justice that informed his bestselling crime novels. Remarkably assured for a debut, it is written with scalpel-like precision, at once poetic and insightful in its depiction of a true working-class hero.

Translated from the Swedish by George Goulding.