A treacherous paradise
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Author
Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Format
Book
Edition
First Edition.
ISBN
9780307961228 (hbk.), 0307961222 (hbk.)
Physical Desc
359 pages ; 25 cm
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Conway Public Library - Adult Section | F Manke, H. | On Shelf |
Cook Memorial Library - Fiction Section | F Man | On Shelf |
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Published
New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780307961228 (hbk.), 0307961222 (hbk.)
Notes
General Note
"THIS IS A BORZOI BOOK."
General Note
"Originally published in Sweden as Minnet av en smutsig angel by Leopard F�orlag, Stockholm, in 2011."
Description
Cold and poverty define Hanna Renstrom's childhood in remote northern Sweden, and in 1905, at nineteen, she boards a ship for Australia in hope of a better life. But none of her hopes--or fears--prepares her for the life she will lead. After two brief marriages, she finds herself a widow twice over, and the owner of a bordello in Portuguese East Africa, a world where colonialism and white supremacy rule, where she is isolated within society by her profession and her sex, and, among the bordello's black prostitutes, by her color. As Hanna's story unfurls over the next several years, we watch her in this "treacherous paradise," as she wrestles with a constant, wrenching loneliness and with the racism she's meant to unthinkingly adopt. And as her life becomes increasingly intertwined with the prostitutes, she moves inexorably toward the moment when she will make a decision that defies every expectation society has of her, and, more important, those she has of herself.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Mankell, H. (2013). A treacherous paradise (First Edition.). Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mankell, Henning, 1948-. 2013. A Treacherous Paradise. Alfred A. Knopf.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Mankell, Henning, 1948-. A Treacherous Paradise Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Mankell, Henning. A Treacherous Paradise First Edition., Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
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