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Depths / Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by Laurie Thompson. --

By: Contributor(s): Language: English Original language: Swedish Publication details: Toronto : Alfred A. Knopf Canada 2006.Edition: 1st ed. --Description: 403 pISBN:
  • 0676978711
  • 9780676978711
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • FIC
Summary: Lars Tobiasson-Svartman is a naval engineer charged with making depth soundings to find a navigable channel in the Stockholm archipelago for the Swedish navy in 1914. He alights on a presumably uninhabited island and discovers a young woman there. Something about her strikes him to the core, and upon returning home and to his wife, feels compelled to return to the island, with tragic consequences.
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Fiction Markdale Branch Shelves FIC Manke (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 3343600058877B

Translation of: Djup.

Lars Tobiasson-Svartman is a naval engineer charged with making depth soundings to find a navigable channel in the Stockholm archipelago for the Swedish navy in 1914. He alights on a presumably uninhabited island and discovers a young woman there. Something about her strikes him to the core, and upon returning home and to his wife, feels compelled to return to the island, with tragic consequences.

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