The Shadows and the Rain
by HÃ¥kan Nesser
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David Mörtberg vender tilbage til barndomsbyen i det nordlige Sverige, da der går rygter om at hans stedbroder, som har været forsvundet i 30 år er set på ny. Det vækker minder fra barndommen, og især om det mord, som stedbroderen måske var involveret i.Tags
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Very wellwritten novel, exploring the events leading up to and connected with a murder in a small village north of Stockholm. The novel which is more literary than crime, uses the vehicle of a long past murder to tell the story of two different men dealing dealing with their midlife crisis, and coming together in their return to the past in an attempt to respectively avoid and reach the present.
Davis leaves his wife and his lover - both pregnant with other men - and goes back to his childhood village on the pretext of meeting his foster brother - Victor - who may have reappeared after disappearing in connection with a gruesome murder 30 years earlier. His recollections of their shared childhood, and investigation into the circumstances show more under which Victor disappeared are mixed with his attempts to bond with his estranged sister.
Victor has come back to a past he left behind under dramatic circumstances. He found his first love murdered, and spent the next 30 years fleeing from the trauma. Now he has returned to Sweden because his girlfriend wants him to come to terms with his traumatic past so he can move on.
His contribution consist of 100 written pieces of varying length, examining his past from before he became an orphan and the son of as murder and a murder victim, over his years as a mute and a fugitive, to his establiched life in New York, and his involvement with a new love. show less
Davis leaves his wife and his lover - both pregnant with other men - and goes back to his childhood village on the pretext of meeting his foster brother - Victor - who may have reappeared after disappearing in connection with a gruesome murder 30 years earlier. His recollections of their shared childhood, and investigation into the circumstances show more under which Victor disappeared are mixed with his attempts to bond with his estranged sister.
Victor has come back to a past he left behind under dramatic circumstances. He found his first love murdered, and spent the next 30 years fleeing from the trauma. Now he has returned to Sweden because his girlfriend wants him to come to terms with his traumatic past so he can move on.
His contribution consist of 100 written pieces of varying length, examining his past from before he became an orphan and the son of as murder and a murder victim, over his years as a mute and a fugitive, to his establiched life in New York, and his involvement with a new love. show less
Rigtig god skildring af opvækst og liv i en lille nordsvensk flække. Et fantastisk sprog og godt drama
Det begynner med et tilsynelatende svik og et brev. En mystisk begavet figur blir en ledeskikkelse som treffer ulykker. Avvik opptrer samlet der familier tilslutt splintres. En større ulykke inntrer som igjen skiller. En tilbakekomst følges av enda en. Det man ikke da så, etterspørres. Fiendskap og uforståenhet og ungdommens valg bindes sammen der tiden ellers bare dro fremover. Hva vet vi om hverandre er en slags driver som leseren ser ved fortellerskifte. To stebrødre er rammen - med et brått dødsfall imellom. Og så liv som leves deretter, liv som nesten slutter og så gjenerobres. Oppi alt med mye sorg og uvisshet også avklaring, en slags retur og nytt liv.
Mar 12, 2024Norwegian
Viktor Vinblad hat es nie einfach gehabt. Sein Vater war ein Mörder. Seine Mutter vorwiegend mit sich selbst beschäftigt. Mit neun Jahren wird er Vollwaise und lebt fortan in einer Pflegefamilie. Viktor ist hoch begabt, aber auch erschreckend wunderlich. Mit fünfzehn singt er Psalmen rückwärts und ist in der Lage, die schwierigsten mathematischen Fragen zu lösen, als er unter dramatischen Umständen aus dem zweiten Stock des Schulgebäudes fällt. Er überlebt, doch fortan ist er stumm. Dennoch schafft er es, nach der Schule eine Anstellung bei einer Bank zu bekommen. Und sogar in eine Wohngemeinschaft zieht er ein. Es ist eine seltsame Truppe verschrobener Menschen, die sich hier versammelt: Der nervöse Persson, der Statistiken show more liebt. Der leicht zurück gebliebene Farin, der von seinen Eltern einen großen Hof geerbt hat. Und zu guter Letzt Sara Salmodin, jüngste Tochter eines Predigers und von herzerfrischender Naivität, sowie Viktor Vinblad selbst, der geniale Außenseiter. Doch dann schlägt das Schicksal erneut zu. Sara wird ermordet – und Viktor verschwindet spurlos. Ein Schuldeingeständnis? Als ein solches nehmen es jedenfalls Freunde, Verwandte und auch die Polizei. Wie der Vater so der Sohn, lautet das fast einhellige Credo. Aber stimmt die Vermutung auch? Oder ist Viktor ebenfalls ein Opfer? (amazon.de) show less
May 28, 2007German
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- The Shadows and the Rain
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- Skuggorna och regnet
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- Original title: Skuggorna och regnet
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