Depths
- 作者
- 出版社 HarvillSecker
- 出版时间 2006年1月
- ISBN 9781843432630
- 定价 191.80
内容简介
October1914:thedestroyerSveaemergedfromtheStockholmarchipelagobearingsouth-south-east.OnboardwasLarsTobiasson-Svartman,anavalengineerchargedwithmakingdepthsoundingstofindanavigablechannelfortheSwedishnavy.AsachildTobiasson-Svartmanwasfascinatedbymeasurement;nothingisasmagicalasexactknowledge.Hisinstinctforhisprofessionisreflectedinthecomfortabledomesticityheenjoyswithhiswife-herselfmeticulousineverydetail.ClosetothewaterswheresoundingsaretakenTobiasson-Svartmanalightsonabarrenskerry,presumeduninhabited,andissurprisedtodiscoverthereayoungwoman,SaraFredrika.Despiteheralmostferalappearance,somethingaboutherstrikeshimtothecore.ThemissionisasuccessandtheSveareturnstoGothenburg.Tobiasson-Svartman,however,remainshauntedbythischanceencounter;hisequilibriumhasbeendisturbed,andheisnowcompelledtofindanypretencetoreturntotheremoteislet.InDepthsMankellconfirmshisstatusasawriterbeyondthecrimegenre.Bydelvingdeepintothemalepsyche,hehasproducedanovelbothastenseandcompellingineverywayastheWallanderseries,butalsopowerful,movingandultimatelytragic.
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