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In January 2014 I was informed that I had cancer.However, Quicksand is not a book about death and destruction, but about what it means to be human. I have undertaken a journey from my childhood to the man I am today, writing about the key events in my life, and about the people who have given me new perspectives. About men and women I have never met, but wish I had. I write about love and jealousy, about courage and fear. And about what it is like to live with a potentially fatal illness. This book is also about why the cave painters 40,000 years ago chose the very darkest places for their fascinating pictures. And about the dreadful troll that we are trying to lock away inside the bedrock of a Swedish mountain for the next 100,000 years. It is a book about how humanity has lived and continues to live, and about how I have lived and continue to live my own life. And, not least, about the great zest for life, which came back when I managed to drag myself out of the quicksand that threatened to suck me down into the abyss.
File Size: 2322 KB
Print Length: 322 pages
Page Numbers Source ISBN: 1846559944
Publisher: Vintage Digital (February 4, 2016)
Publication Date: February 4, 2016
Sold by: Digital Services LLC
Language: English
ASIN: B016B5HUNM
Text-to-Speech: Enabled
X-Ray: Not Enabled
Word Wise: Enabled
Lending: Not Enabled
Enhanced Typesetting: Enabled
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Just started this, and wish I had someone to whom to read it aloud. Every word from this wonderful man rings true. So heartbroken that he is no longer with us. I own every one of his books and will treasure them the rest on my life. Don't miss him - he has poured his life and huge heart into his books, the ultimate gift of a writer.
Essential reading - will make you look afresh at so many things and appreciate once again the value of what you have. And his writing is just sublime.
An amazing read and I will miss further new books by Henning Mankell
Extreme Encounters: How It Feels to Be Drowned in Quicksand, Shredded by Piranhas, Swept Up in a Tornado, and Dozens of Other Unpleasant Experiences... Quicksand
