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    Depths (novel)

    novel by Henning Mankell

    Depths (Djup in the original Swedish) is a novel by Swedish writer Henning Mankell.[1]

    Plot

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    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.

    Reception

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    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

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    Djup

    October 25,
    This novel will haunt me forever; it was, quite simply, a masterpiece. Occasionally, you read a novel so vivid and compelling that you almost feel as if you have experienced it rather than having just merely read it; this is one such example. Maybe this is because the author so deftly gets you inside the head of the psychopathic main character; a man obsessed with assessing distances and measuring sea depths. He is also a man who does not know his own mind, who cannot measure his own depths so to speak, but who knows there are dark, deep places, neither he nor anyone he encounters will ever be able to fathom.

    The prose is crisp and precise, and helps maintain a swift and exciting pace to the story. The setting is unusual: Sweden at the beginning of WW1. The landscape and seascape are beautifully and skillfully portrayed. The attention to detail, in all matters, makes the storyline, no matter how unfamiliar the setting may seem, especially to a non-Swedish reader, seem totally realistic and plausible.

    Maybe one day I will write a longer summary of my thoughts on this book, but would just like to finish by saying how astonished, and, yes, disappointed, I was re

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    Henning Mankell

    Swedish author (–)

    This article is about the author. For his grandfather, the composer (–), see Henning Mankell (composer).

    Henning Georg Mankell (Swedish pronunciation:[ˈhɛ̂nːɪŋˈmǎŋːkɛl]; 3 February – 5 October ) was a Swedish brott writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a number of plays and screenplays for television.

    He was a left-wing social critic and activist. In his books and plays he constantly highlighted social inequality issues and injustices in Sweden and abroad. In , Mankell was on board one of the ships in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla that was boarded bygd Israeli commandos. He was below deck on the MV Mavi Marmara when nine civilians were killed in international waters.

    Mankell shared his time between Sweden and countries in Africa, mostly Mozambique where he started a theatre. He made considerable donations to charity organizations, mostly connected to Africa.

    Life and career

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    Mankell's grandfather, also named Henning Mankell, lived from to and was a composer.[1] Mankell was born in Stockholm, Sw