tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post8313646080237938362..comments2024-03-28T15:00:12.581-04:00Comments on Letters from a Hill Farm: The death of Henning MankellNanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15547916206007733970noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-71515182383260787442015-10-06T01:21:07.907-04:002015-10-06T01:21:07.907-04:00Then the "Wallander" books started to be...Then the "Wallander" books started to be published in German in the 1990s, I was an avid reader of them, and they were all brilliant. But I lost interest later on, because the main character was just too troubled, too much revolving around his own problems over and over and over again. I read other Mankell books that were equally touching, such as "Teabag", about an African woman trying to find her way into Sweden as an illegal immigrant. In the light of today's refugee crisis, that book acquires particular poignancy.<br />My Mum and my sister saw Mr. Mankell twice; once at a reading in Stuttgart, and once at the airport in Nice, France, when they bumped into him as he was on his way to catch a plane to Hamburg.Librarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05704656564078750607noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6049626897935912366.post-73103219333664441092015-10-05T14:53:48.606-04:002015-10-05T14:53:48.606-04:00I'm so sorry to hear this.I'm so sorry to hear this. Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15988251415347075888noreply@blogger.com