Ever since his childhood Svartman has been obsessed by exactness in the measurement of time or distance. He seeks solace through secretly observing or following people, and at night overcomes fear by cradling his most precious possession, his sounding lead. Svartman's obsessions and growing distrust of others leads him to submerge himself in a web of deceit involving his employer, Kristina and Sara which increasingly threatens to engulf him.
Receptionedit
Writing in The New York Times, Lucy Ellmann criticised the novel's style, deprecating Mankell's writing as "woolly" and "staccato" and his use of metaphor and symbolism as overwrought.[2] For The Guardian, Ian Thomson also criticised the writing as staccato and pretentious, but was more positive about the novel as a whole, praising the evocation of the Baltic seascape and the novel's "old-fashioned moral force".[1] Paul Binding's review for The Independent mostly described the book's plot, but was uniformly positive about its narrative force.[3]
Referencesedit
^ abThomson, Ian (2006-11-11). "Review: Depths by Henning Mankell". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2020-06-01.
^Ellmann, Lucy (15 April 2007). "Under the Sea". The New York Times. Retrieved 15 August 2020.
^"Depths, by Henning Mankell trans Laurie Thompson". The Independent. 6 October 2006.
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depths, novel, depths, djup, original, swedish, 2004, novel, swedish, writer, henning, mankell, depthsfirst, editionauthorhenning, mankelloriginal, titledjuptranslatorlaurie, thompsoncountryswedenlanguageswedishgenregenre, fictionpublisherleopard, förlag, swed. Depths Djup in the original Swedish is a 2004 novel by Swedish writer Henning Mankell 1 DepthsFirst editionAuthorHenning MankellOriginal titleDjupTranslatorLaurie ThompsonCountrySwedenLanguageSwedishGenreGenre fictionPublisherLeopard Forlag Swedish Harvill Secker English Publication date2004Published in English2006Media typePrint Hardcover Paperback ISBN1 84343 263 3 Eng trans OCLC67375286Plot editEver since his childhood Svartman has been obsessed by exactness in the measurement of time or distance He seeks solace through secretly observing or following people and at night overcomes fear by cradling his most precious possession his sounding lead Svartman s obsessions and growing distrust of others leads him to submerge himself in a web of deceit involving his employer Kristina and Sara which increasingly threatens to engulf him Reception editWriting in The New York Times Lucy Ellmann criticised the novel s style deprecating Mankell s writing as woolly and staccato and his use of metaphor and symbolism as overwrought 2 For The Guardian Ian Thomson also criticised the writing as staccato and pretentious but was more positive about the novel as a whole praising the evocation of the Baltic seascape and the novel s old fashioned moral force 1 Paul Binding s review for The Independent mostly described the book s plot but was uniformly positive about its narrative force 3 References edit a b Thomson Ian 2006 11 11 Review Depths by Henning Mankell The Guardian ISSN 0261 3077 Retrieved 2020 06 01 Ellmann Lucy 15 April 2007 Under the Sea The New York Times Retrieved 15 August 2020 Depths by Henning Mankell trans Laurie Thompson The Independent 6 October 2006 nbsp This article about a historical novel of the 2000s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it See guidelines for writing about novels Further suggestions might be found on the article s talk page vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Depths novel amp oldid 1086981732, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
