Lisa and Doreen will be interested: rummaging in the Hackney library system yesterday, I found a new novel by Henning Mankell. Not that new really (2001) but translated to English and published 2012. Not one in the Wallander series. “The Shadow Girls” — ‘Tea-Bag, a young African girl, has fled a refugee camp in Spain for the promise of a new life in Sweden. Tanya has made a dangerous journey from Eastern Europe to escape the misery of life in a brothel. Leyla, the only girl who lives in Sweden legally, has travelled with her family from Iran. All of them are facing different challenges in their new home. ¶ Meanwhile, celebrated poet Jasper Humlin is looking for inspiration. Harried by his mother and girlfriend, misunderstood by his publisher and tormented by his stockbroker, Jasper needs a new perspective on life. A chance encounter with Tea-Bag leads him into the shadow world of the immigrant experience in Sweden. Initially he sees the girls purely as material for his next work, but he soon discovers that they have very different ideas about what role he will play in their lives.’
Posted on: Wed, 26 Mar 2014 07:55:48 +0000
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