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Italian shoes. Henning Mankell374 руб
Nearly twelve years have passed since he was disgraced for attempting to cover up a tragic mishap on the operating table. Once a successful surgeon, Frederick Welin now lives in self-imposed exile on an island in the Swedish archipelago. His past is about to catch up with him. One morning in the depths of winter, he sees a hunched figure struggling towards him across the ice. She has sought him out in the hope that he will honour a promise made many years ago. The figure approaching in the freezing cold is Harriet, the only woman he has ever loved, the woman he abandoned in order to go and study in America forty years earlier. He upholds his pledge and drives her to this beautiful pool hidden deep in the forest. Now in the late stages of a terminal illness, she wants to visit a small lake in northern Sweden, a place WelinтАЩs father took him once as a boy. However, once there Welin discovers that Harriet has left the biggest surprise until last. On the journey through the desolate snow-covered landscape, Welin reflects on his impoverished childhood and the woman he later left behind. Through his anti-hero Welin, Mankell tackles ageing and death with sensitivity and acuity, and as with the critically acclaimed Depths, delivers a moving tour-de-force on the frailty of mankind. Italian Shoes is as compelling as it is disturbing. 2010 |