Daniel

Hans Bengler, a young entomologist, leaves Sweden for the Kalahari Desert, determined to find a previously undiscovered insect to name after himself and advance his career. Instead, he finds a young boy, whose tribe has been decimated by European raiders. Accustomed to collecting specimens, Bengler re-names the traumatised child Daniel and brings him home to Sweden, intending to 'civilise' him. But Daniel yearns desperately for the desert and his real family. His only consolation is his friendship with a vulnerable young girl who is also an outsider in the community, but even this bond is destined to be violently broken, as Daniel's isolation and increasing desperation lead to a chilling tragedy.

ISBN 009948143X   DEWEY edition DC22 ISBN13 9780099481430 (What's this?)   Pages 352 Publisher Vintage   Weight (grammes) 249 Imprint Vintage   Published in London Format Paperback   Height (mm) 198 Publication date 01 Sep 2011   Width (mm) 129 Translator Steven T. Murray   Spine width (mm) 22 DEWEY 839.7374   Academic level General

"Historical touches mingle with elements of magic realism to convey themes dear to the author's heart." --"Los Angeles Times" "An engrossing story, with a real sense of pace and adventure, illuminated by empathy with the bewilderment and longing of a clever, lonely child." --"The Independent "(London) "A quiet tragedy." --"The Boston Globe" "Mankell's fierce instinct for social criticism is admirable."--"The New York Times Book Review" "A writer with the imagination, brains, resources . . . [who] make[s] thoughtful, challenging, exciting, artistic novels."--"The Philadelphia Inquirer" "Mankell is expert at depicting brutal scenes. He's also adept at getting inside exotic heads like Daniel's; this book's greatest strength is imagination. Its second greatest is empathy." --"Pittsburgh Post-Gazette"" ""Earnest and heartbreaking. . . . Mankell fully understands Daniel's radically different cultural perspective and indelibly captures the boy's lo

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