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Italian shoes / Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson

By:

Mankell, Henning, (1948-2015)

Contributor(s):

Thompson, Laurie, 1938-2015

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: New York : Vintage Books , 2010.Edition: 1st Vintage Books edDescription: 247 p. ; 21 cmISBN:

9780307472243

Uniform titles:

Italienska skor . English

Subject(s):

Genre/Form:

Psychological fiction

DDC classification:

FIC MAN

LOC classification:

PT9876.23.A49 I8313 2010

Summary: Fredrik Welin is a reclusive ex-surgeon living alone on a tiny island in the north of Sweden. His only companions are a pair of aged pets, and the only society callers to his living room are ants that are transforming his table into an enormous anthill. Every morning, the loner goes out to the frozen lake, cuts a hole in the ice, and then plunges himself into the freezing water to remind himself that he is still alive. Four women enter his life: Harriet, his ex, whom he abandoned years ago; Louise, his unknown daughter; Agnes Klarstrom, the patient who ended his medical career; and Sima, a troubled young woman. By the end of the story, Fredrik no longer takes an icy morning bath to validate his existence; he has undergone redemption with the help of these women.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Fiction / Ficción	Biblioteca Pública de San Miguel de Allende, A.C. Sala Ingles	General	FIC MAN (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		011442

Fredrik Welin is a reclusive ex-surgeon living alone on a tiny island in the north of Sweden. His only companions are a pair of aged pets, and the only society callers to his living room are ants that are transforming his table into an enormous anthill. Every morning, the loner goes out to the frozen lake, cuts a hole in the ice, and then plunges himself into the freezing water to remind himself that he is still alive. Four women enter his life: Harriet, his ex, whom he abandoned years ago; Louise, his unknown daughter; Agnes Klarstrom, the patient who ended his medical career; and Sima, a troubled young woman. By the end of the story, Fredrik no longer takes an icy morning bath to validate his existence; he has undergone redemption with the help of these women.

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