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韦慰 蠁胃喂谓蠈蟺蠅蟻慰 蟿慰蠀 螝慰蠀蟻蟿 螔伪位维谓蟿蔚蟻
螝维蟺慰喂伪 尾蟻慰蠂蔚蟻萎 渭苇蟻伪 蟿慰蠀 2008, 慰 围蠈魏伪谓 蠁慰谓 螆谓魏蔚, 苇谓伪蟼 伪蟺蠈蟽蟿蟻伪蟿慰蟼 伪谓蟿喂蟺位慰委伪蟻蠂慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 螔伪蟽喂位喂魏慰蠉 危慰蠀畏未喂魏慰蠉 螡伪蠀蟿喂魏慰蠉, 蔚尉伪蠁伪谓委味蔚蟿伪喂 蔚谓蠋 伪蟺慰位伪渭尾维谓蔚喂 蟿慰谓 魏伪胃畏渭蔚蟻喂谓蠈 蟿慰蠀 蟺蔚蟻委蟺伪蟿慰 蟽蔚 苇谓伪 维位蟽慰蟼 蟿畏蟼 危蟿慰魏蠂蠈位渭畏蟼. 螚 苇蟻蔚蠀谓伪 纬喂伪 蟿慰谓 蔚谓蟿慰蟺喂蟽渭蠈 蟿慰蠀 未蟻慰渭慰位慰纬蔚委蟿伪喂 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭委伪 蟿畏蟼 危蟿慰魏蠂蠈位渭畏蟼 魏伪喂 未蔚谓 苇蠂蔚喂 魏伪渭委伪 蟽蠂苇蟽畏 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 蔚蟺喂胃蔚蠅蟻畏蟿萎 螔伪位维谓蟿蔚蟻路 蟿慰蠀位维蠂喂蟽蟿慰谓, 蠈蠂喂 蔚蟺委蟽畏渭伪. 螖喂蠈蟿喂 慰 纬喂慰蟼 蟿慰蠀 蠁慰谓 螆谓魏蔚 未蔚谓 蔚委谓伪喂 维位位慰蟼 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 伪蟻蟻伪尾蠅谓喂伪蟽蟿喂魏蠈 蟿畏蟼 魏蠈蟻畏蟼 蟿慰蠀, 蟿畏蟼 螞委谓蟿伪. 螣 螝慰蠀蟻蟿 螔伪位维谓蟿蔚蟻 未蔚谓 伪蟻纬蔚委 谓伪 尾蟻蔚胃蔚委 渭蟺位蔚纬渭苇谓慰蟼 蟽蔚 胃苇渭伪蟿伪 蔚魏蟿蠈蟼 蟿畏蟼 伪蟻渭慰未喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪蟼 魏伪喂 蟿畏蟼 蔚蠀胃蠉谓畏蟼 蟿慰蠀.
螒蠄畏蠁蠋谓蟿伪蟼, 蠅蟼 蟽蠀谓萎胃蠅蟼, 蟿喂蟼 蔚蟺委蟽畏渭蔚蟼 未喂伪未喂魏伪蟽委蔚蟼, 伪蟻蠂委味蔚喂 谓伪 尉蔚蟿蠀位委纬蔚喂 蟽喂纬维 蟽喂纬维 苇谓伪 谓萎渭伪 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 蟿慰谓 慰未畏纬萎蟽蔚喂 蟺委蟽蠅 蟽蟿慰谓 唯蠀蠂蟻蠈 螤蠈位蔚渭慰 魏伪喂 蟽蔚 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 魏伪蟿伪蟽魏慰蟺蔚委伪蟼, 慰喂 慰蟺慰委蔚蟼 未蔚委蠂谓慰蠀谓 谓伪 魏伪蟿伪位萎纬慰蠀谓 蟽蔚 伪未喂苇尉慰未慰.
螣 蔚蟺喂胃蔚蠅蟻畏蟿萎蟼 螔伪位维谓蟿蔚蟻 尾蟻委蟽魏蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蔚 尾伪胃喂维 谓蔚蟻维. 螝伪喂 蟽伪谓 谓伪 渭畏谓 苇蠁蟿伪谓蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈, 苇蠂蔚喂 魏伪喂 蟿伪 未喂魏维 蟿慰蠀, 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏维 蟺蟻慰尾位萎渭伪蟿伪. 危魏苇蠁蟿蔚蟿伪喂 蟿畏谓 蟿伪位伪喂蟺蠅蟻畏渭苇谓畏 蟿慰蠀 蠀纬蔚委伪 魏伪喂 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蔚喂蟽渭苇谓慰蟼 蠈蟿喂, 蟽蟿伪 蔚尉萎谓蟿伪 蟿慰蠀, 尾蟻委蟽魏蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰 蠁胃喂谓蠈蟺蠅蟻慰 蟿畏蟼 味蠅萎蟼 蟿慰蠀. 螤蟻慰蟽蟺伪胃蔚委 伪蟺蔚纬谓蠅蟽渭苇谓伪 谓伪 魏蟻伪蟿畏胃蔚委 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 蔚位蟺委未伪 蟺慰蠀 伪谓蟿喂魏蟻委味蔚喂 蟽蟿慰 蟺蟻蠈蟽蠅蟺慰 蟿畏蟼 蔚纬纬慰谓萎蟼 蟿慰蠀, 伪位位维 蟿慰 蟺伪蟻蔚位胃蠈谓 蟽蠀蠂谓维 苇蟻蠂蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 蟿慰谓 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚喂蠋蟽蔚喂. 螆蟿蟽喂, 魏慰喂蟿蠋谓蟿伪蟼 蟿慰 渭苇位位慰谓 渭蔚 蟿苇位蔚喂伪 伪尾蔚尾伪喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪, 慰 螝慰蠀蟻蟿 螔伪位维谓蟿蔚蟻 未蔚谓 苇蠂蔚喂 维位位畏 蔚蟺喂位慰纬萎 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 谓伪 尾蟻蔚胃蔚委 伪谓蟿喂渭苇蟿蠅蟺慰蟼 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 蟺喂慰 蟽魏位畏蟻蠈 伪谓蟿委蟺伪位慰: 蟿慰谓 委未喂慰 蟿慰蠀 蟿慰谓 蔚伪蠀蟿蠈.
螒蠄畏蠁蠋谓蟿伪蟼, 蠅蟼 蟽蠀谓萎胃蠅蟼, 蟿喂蟼 蔚蟺委蟽畏渭蔚蟼 未喂伪未喂魏伪蟽委蔚蟼, 伪蟻蠂委味蔚喂 谓伪 尉蔚蟿蠀位委纬蔚喂 蟽喂纬维 蟽喂纬维 苇谓伪 谓萎渭伪 蟺慰蠀 胃伪 蟿慰谓 慰未畏纬萎蟽蔚喂 蟺委蟽蠅 蟽蟿慰谓 唯蠀蠂蟻蠈 螤蠈位蔚渭慰 魏伪喂 蟽蔚 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委蔚蟼 魏伪蟿伪蟽魏慰蟺蔚委伪蟼, 慰喂 慰蟺慰委蔚蟼 未蔚委蠂谓慰蠀谓 谓伪 魏伪蟿伪位萎纬慰蠀谓 蟽蔚 伪未喂苇尉慰未慰.
螣 蔚蟺喂胃蔚蠅蟻畏蟿萎蟼 螔伪位维谓蟿蔚蟻 尾蟻委蟽魏蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蔚 尾伪胃喂维 谓蔚蟻维. 螝伪喂 蟽伪谓 谓伪 渭畏谓 苇蠁蟿伪谓蔚 伪蠀蟿蠈, 苇蠂蔚喂 魏伪喂 蟿伪 未喂魏维 蟿慰蠀, 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏维 蟺蟻慰尾位萎渭伪蟿伪. 危魏苇蠁蟿蔚蟿伪喂 蟿畏谓 蟿伪位伪喂蟺蠅蟻畏渭苇谓畏 蟿慰蠀 蠀纬蔚委伪 魏伪喂 蔚委谓伪喂 蟺蔚喂蟽渭苇谓慰蟼 蠈蟿喂, 蟽蟿伪 蔚尉萎谓蟿伪 蟿慰蠀, 尾蟻委蟽魏蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰 蠁胃喂谓蠈蟺蠅蟻慰 蟿畏蟼 味蠅萎蟼 蟿慰蠀. 螤蟻慰蟽蟺伪胃蔚委 伪蟺蔚纬谓蠅蟽渭苇谓伪 谓伪 魏蟻伪蟿畏胃蔚委 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 蔚位蟺委未伪 蟺慰蠀 伪谓蟿喂魏蟻委味蔚喂 蟽蟿慰 蟺蟻蠈蟽蠅蟺慰 蟿畏蟼 蔚纬纬慰谓萎蟼 蟿慰蠀, 伪位位维 蟿慰 蟺伪蟻蔚位胃蠈谓 蟽蠀蠂谓维 苇蟻蠂蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 蟿慰谓 蟽蟿慰喂蠂蔚喂蠋蟽蔚喂. 螆蟿蟽喂, 魏慰喂蟿蠋谓蟿伪蟼 蟿慰 渭苇位位慰谓 渭蔚 蟿苇位蔚喂伪 伪尾蔚尾伪喂蠈蟿畏蟿伪, 慰 螝慰蠀蟻蟿 螔伪位维谓蟿蔚蟻 未蔚谓 苇蠂蔚喂 维位位畏 蔚蟺喂位慰纬萎 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 谓伪 尾蟻蔚胃蔚委 伪谓蟿喂渭苇蟿蠅蟺慰蟼 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 蟺喂慰 蟽魏位畏蟻蠈 伪谓蟿委蟺伪位慰: 蟿慰谓 委未喂慰 蟿慰蠀 蟿慰谓 蔚伪蠀蟿蠈.
548 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 2009
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Henning Mankell
277听books3,716听followersHenning Mankell was an internationally known Swedish crime writer, children's author and playwright. He was best known for his literary character Kurt Wallander.
Mankell split his time between Sweden and Mozambique. He was married to Eva Bergman, Swedish director and daughter of Ingmar Bergman.
Mankell split his time between Sweden and Mozambique. He was married to Eva Bergman, Swedish director and daughter of Ingmar Bergman.
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August 2, 2011
Reading this, Henning Mankell's latest and final in the Kurt Wallander series, was like finding myself in a well-known and beloved landscape: Kurt Wallanderland. Mankell is not a great stylist but he has managed to do something remarkable in his creation of Police Detective Wallander. I love this melancholy man. Smart, humane, brooding, somehow both slow and sharp, he is an old and dear friend to me.
I think I've now read all of the Wallander novels. A few of them don't quite work (The Dogs of Riga comes to mind) but most are terrific. Like Highsmith, another writer whose prose style seems to me flat, sometimes stilted, Mankell tells a damn good story. His evocation of landscape, a sector of Swedish society, of national and international politics, of Wallander and his family, give his novels life beyond the page.
In this last novel, Wallander has taken a small home in the country and is facing his mortality in everything he does. Linda, his daughter, has married a man whose father, a military submarine man, goes missing. Wallendar's hunt for him takes him to Copenhagen, Berlin, the Swedish island archipelago. More about plot need not be said.
Wallander, already I miss you.
I think I've now read all of the Wallander novels. A few of them don't quite work (The Dogs of Riga comes to mind) but most are terrific. Like Highsmith, another writer whose prose style seems to me flat, sometimes stilted, Mankell tells a damn good story. His evocation of landscape, a sector of Swedish society, of national and international politics, of Wallander and his family, give his novels life beyond the page.
In this last novel, Wallander has taken a small home in the country and is facing his mortality in everything he does. Linda, his daughter, has married a man whose father, a military submarine man, goes missing. Wallendar's hunt for him takes him to Copenhagen, Berlin, the Swedish island archipelago. More about plot need not be said.
Wallander, already I miss you.
January 15, 2021
"History isn't just something that's being us, it's also something that follows us.鈥�
If you have been reading or have read all of the Kurt Wallander series by Henning Mankell as I have done, this is an especially sad but really well-done volume that finally ends the series. Mankell had written what he thought was the last book on a number of occasions, but this one, published in 2009, six years before he himself succumbed to cancer, in 2015, is a very clear ending readers may not quite have desired but still see as appropriate. In this final book Wallander is the eldest detective of the Ystad police, and he鈥檚 not aging well. He has diabetes, insomnia, he鈥檚 a bit overweight, he鈥檚 divorced, single, and has lost a lot of friends to murder or cancer. He is never not emotionally distraught about the murder and violent crime that he has to deal with, it wears on him.
Mankell said he never wanted Wallander to be the primary story of the novels, but the key here is that Wallander, increasingly irritable as his father had been, realizes he has early-onset Alzheimer鈥檚, as his father had, which seems to come in waves as he solves a murder/international spy case involving his son-in-law鈥檚 father and mother. Along the way, Wallander comes to realize more than ever that Sweden, even provincial Ystad--is part of the global community, though he sees Sweden perhaps always has been intertwined with world events. Mankell was a liberal, a social activist, but his character Mankell isn鈥檛 all that political until he is forced to be.
Mankell said he鈥檇 begun writing the series initially to combat an increase he saw in the world of racism, that he saw increase ironically after the break-up of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall. He thought: This is like a mystery that needs to be solved, so he imagined a detective who sees the need to understand it and confront it as it comes into his country.
One satisfying, though still very sad, aspect of this story, like a kind of encore to a play, is Wallander鈥檚 reconnection to both his ex-wife Mona and the other love of his life, Baiba Liepa, both of whom are also experiencing serious health problems.
The good news is that Wallander solves the case, in a way, though secretly, no one knows his involvement in it, which is sort of consistent with and appropriate for his lone wolf approach to secrecy and privacy. But he's admirable, too:
鈥淒espite everything, I've tried to take responsibility for my life, and not merely allowed it to float away at the mercy of whatever current came along.鈥�
In an essay he makes it clear that after this book, 鈥淭here are no more stories about Kurt Wallander,鈥� but the final sentences also make this clear. He said he wouldn't miss Wallander, but knew his readers would.
I initially gave this book four stars, though it just might be my favorite in the whole series in spite of my sadness, but I read what my fellow 欧宝娱乐 reviewer Bob Brinkmeyer said about the series in his review of this book, and though we have both given four stars to most of the books in the series, we are giving five stars to this book and the series as a whole, which is finally pretty unforgettable for me. I highly recommend you check them out, but you have to read them in order! Wallander ages with each book, so it's really an epic tale of sorts about an ordinary sad sack policeman.
PS: I completed watching the British version of the series, where the typically flashy Kenneth Branagh captures so well the world-weariness of Wallander and the emotional toll the work takes on him. And, as this book reveals, and the film based on it, his neurological demise. Oh, my goodness, I have never read or seen a "police procedural" series as sad as this, such powerful acting by Branagh and his team. For this episode, they add a scene that mirrors Wallander's own father's wandering madly, King Lear-like, in a field, rescued by his devastated daughter Linda.
Near the very end of the film, at the funeral for Linda's father-in-law, Kurt reads this poem by the Swedish Nobel laureate poet Tomas Transtr枚mer, "The Half-Finished Heaven," from the book by the same name I reviewed some years ago, but it never felt so powerful or as devastating and beautiful and hopeful as when Branagh read it:
The Half-Finished Heaven
Despondency breaks off its course.
Anguish breaks off its course.
The vulture breaks off its flight.
The eager light streams out,
even the ghosts take a draught.
And our paintings see daylight,
our red beasts of the ice-age studios.
Everything begins to look around.
We walk in the sun in hundreds.
Each man is a half-open door
leading to a room for everyone.
The endless ground under us.
The water is shining among the trees.
The lake is a window into the earth.
If you have been reading or have read all of the Kurt Wallander series by Henning Mankell as I have done, this is an especially sad but really well-done volume that finally ends the series. Mankell had written what he thought was the last book on a number of occasions, but this one, published in 2009, six years before he himself succumbed to cancer, in 2015, is a very clear ending readers may not quite have desired but still see as appropriate. In this final book Wallander is the eldest detective of the Ystad police, and he鈥檚 not aging well. He has diabetes, insomnia, he鈥檚 a bit overweight, he鈥檚 divorced, single, and has lost a lot of friends to murder or cancer. He is never not emotionally distraught about the murder and violent crime that he has to deal with, it wears on him.
Mankell said he never wanted Wallander to be the primary story of the novels, but the key here is that Wallander, increasingly irritable as his father had been, realizes he has early-onset Alzheimer鈥檚, as his father had, which seems to come in waves as he solves a murder/international spy case involving his son-in-law鈥檚 father and mother. Along the way, Wallander comes to realize more than ever that Sweden, even provincial Ystad--is part of the global community, though he sees Sweden perhaps always has been intertwined with world events. Mankell was a liberal, a social activist, but his character Mankell isn鈥檛 all that political until he is forced to be.
Mankell said he鈥檇 begun writing the series initially to combat an increase he saw in the world of racism, that he saw increase ironically after the break-up of the Soviet Union and the fall of the Berlin Wall. He thought: This is like a mystery that needs to be solved, so he imagined a detective who sees the need to understand it and confront it as it comes into his country.
One satisfying, though still very sad, aspect of this story, like a kind of encore to a play, is Wallander鈥檚 reconnection to both his ex-wife Mona and the other love of his life, Baiba Liepa, both of whom are also experiencing serious health problems.
The good news is that Wallander solves the case, in a way, though secretly, no one knows his involvement in it, which is sort of consistent with and appropriate for his lone wolf approach to secrecy and privacy. But he's admirable, too:
鈥淒espite everything, I've tried to take responsibility for my life, and not merely allowed it to float away at the mercy of whatever current came along.鈥�
In an essay he makes it clear that after this book, 鈥淭here are no more stories about Kurt Wallander,鈥� but the final sentences also make this clear. He said he wouldn't miss Wallander, but knew his readers would.
I initially gave this book four stars, though it just might be my favorite in the whole series in spite of my sadness, but I read what my fellow 欧宝娱乐 reviewer Bob Brinkmeyer said about the series in his review of this book, and though we have both given four stars to most of the books in the series, we are giving five stars to this book and the series as a whole, which is finally pretty unforgettable for me. I highly recommend you check them out, but you have to read them in order! Wallander ages with each book, so it's really an epic tale of sorts about an ordinary sad sack policeman.
PS: I completed watching the British version of the series, where the typically flashy Kenneth Branagh captures so well the world-weariness of Wallander and the emotional toll the work takes on him. And, as this book reveals, and the film based on it, his neurological demise. Oh, my goodness, I have never read or seen a "police procedural" series as sad as this, such powerful acting by Branagh and his team. For this episode, they add a scene that mirrors Wallander's own father's wandering madly, King Lear-like, in a field, rescued by his devastated daughter Linda.
Near the very end of the film, at the funeral for Linda's father-in-law, Kurt reads this poem by the Swedish Nobel laureate poet Tomas Transtr枚mer, "The Half-Finished Heaven," from the book by the same name I reviewed some years ago, but it never felt so powerful or as devastating and beautiful and hopeful as when Branagh read it:
The Half-Finished Heaven
Despondency breaks off its course.
Anguish breaks off its course.
The vulture breaks off its flight.
The eager light streams out,
even the ghosts take a draught.
And our paintings see daylight,
our red beasts of the ice-age studios.
Everything begins to look around.
We walk in the sun in hundreds.
Each man is a half-open door
leading to a room for everyone.
The endless ground under us.
The water is shining among the trees.
The lake is a window into the earth.
August 16, 2012
I won't rehash the plot, others have done a fine job of that. My problem with the book is that Henning Mankell was astonishingly lazy with his plotting. He seems to have made up the plot as he went along, with no clear idea of where he was going or what the solution would be. There's a stunningly inane, unbelievable, and contrived coincidence a third of the way through the book that ultimately ends up being totally unnecessary. I can't understand why Mankell didn't cut it, because it asks for such a massive suspension of disbelief that it ruins the novel. There are other plotting problems, ones you'd expect from a novice rather than an accomplished pro like Mankell. Whenever Wallander has a gap in his knowledge, rather than come up with a clever and interesting way for the detective to find out what he needs to know, Mankell creates instant expository characters to conveniently give Wallander answers and then leave the stage, never to be seen again in the novel (ie, Wallander knows nothing about East Germany, so he creates an East German defector Wallander once knew that can give him a detailed lecture on the specific area of Wallanders interest. Or, in another example, Wallander knows nothing about Swedish naval history, so Mankell creates a childhood friend Wallander has lot touch with who just happens to be an expert on everything that has ever happened to any naval officer or their family members in the history of Sweden, including the details of their day-to-day calendars). As a mystery, this book is a big, and often frustrating, disappointment that comes to a very unsatisfying, clumsy conclusion. But the novel does work as a melancholy look into the life of Kurt Wallander, a lonely and sad policeman who feels his age and is losing his grasp on his memory.
December 16, 2014
There are already so many excellent reviews of this book, I feel I have little to add, except to agree it was a compelling read with several major surprises, and also very sad. I did find the ending unsatisfying, but I think that was the author's intent. The issues of aging and death Wallander is wrestling with cannot be neatly resolved.
December 31, 2014
Book Review:
We all form connections and we break them. We build friendships. Some of us are on teams at work only to get displaced and join a different team. We travel to distant lands and leave such lands and the people in it. We have families and children, this sacred space we rarely leave until death. We marry and sometimes we divorce a beloved. We become fans of successful artists, perhaps a musician, a singer/songwriter or a Maxfield Parrish, or a Goya, only to feel our inner landscape has changed as do our tastes. We form connections with strangers using Twitter, Facebook, Instagram where the sheer volume of activity makes the absence of one such connection virtually unnoticeable. And then we form connections with characters on the television and in books because they reflect an essence that already exists in our own being. We are anxious to not have them end as they all must. Truth is we do not want to be left without our connections because they, more than anything else, form the fabric of our lives. It is through connections that we have a semblance of immortality.
And still, we face the end of our existence alone no matter what connections were made or remain. I am reminded of Lee Child鈥檚 fictional character Jack Reacher where in the series review I mention:
鈥滼ack seems to implicitly understand that he is a unique animal/human running around on this planet and that in spite of social conventions, cultural trappings, and whatever conventions and abstractions we allow into our mind in order to alleviate this core fact of our singularity (and solitude)...the truth of it is not something Mr. Reacher denies. Secretly, we only wish we could face life alone as Reacher does.鈥�
Humanity has devoted many religious institutions, dogma, if not philosophical thought to this problem of human existence and the end of it, more as a means to assuage our fear of it as opposed to providing an actual answer. And to have this fear extinguished, or not, the one consistent rope to which we cling to is our identity, our individual accomplishments. We are someone as opposed to someone else. Our character, our personality, our ID cannot be erased and is the only connection that remains. On our death bed, at least we are in the company of ourselves.
Or is this not true? Can even this last connection be taken away from us?
Henning Mankel, in this the last of the Kurt Wallander novels, gives us the unpleasant answer. And in a sense, perhaps The Troubled Man is the most terrifying of all the Kurt Wallander novels, especially if you鈥檝e established a clear connection to this brooding, emphatic man. It is a sad and intriguing story in which the reader will experience a profound sense of rejection of what is proposed by the author. That to end this series, Kurt is not killed as a policeman. He is not shelved to a retired policeman鈥檚 life, as a father and grandfather with a family that surrounds him. No. Mankell has something far more devious in mind for Kurt鈥檚 retirement.
Mankell kills Wallander and lets him live.
I will miss him.
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Series Review
is an internationally known Swedish crime writer known mostly for this fictional character Kurt Wallander. He is married to Eva Bergman.
Henning Mankell - Author
It might be said that the fall of communism and the consequent increase in Swedish immigration and asylum seekers has been the engine that drives much of Swedish crime fiction. Mankell's social conscience, his cool attitude towards nationalism and intolerance is largely a result of the writer's commitment to helping the disadvantaged (see his theater work in Africa). In this vein, readers might be interested in his stand-alone novel a thriller set in Africa and inspired by the AIDS epidemic (Mankell often traveled to Africa to help third world populations); or read his , a haunting novel juxtaposing a man's coming of age in Sweden and his life in Zambia.
Mankell's love of Africa, his theater work on that continent, and his exploits in helping the disadvantaged is not generally known by his American readers. In fact, an international news story that has largely gone unnoticed is that while the world watched as Israeli soldiers captured ships attempting to break the Gaza blockade, few people are aware that among the prisoners of the Israelis was one of the world's most successful and acclaimed writers: Henning Mankell.
It is no exaggeration when I say that Henning Mankell is by far one of the most successful writers in Scandinavia, especially in his own country of Sweden. The Nordic weather, cold to the bones, drives its populace indoors for much of the year where cuddling up to read the latest in crime fiction is a national pastime.
For many GR readers who have been introduced to Kurt Wallander it is interesting to note that ultimately the success of bringing Mankell to English speaking audiences only came after bringing in the same production company responsible for Steig Larsson's Millennium trilogy for the wildly popular BBC version starring Kenneth Branagh. Viewers had no problem with an anglicized version of Mankell's work, an English speaking cast set down in a genuine Swedish countryside. Of course, to those fans thoroughly familiar with Mankell's work, it is the Swedish televised version that is found to be a more accurately portrayal of Mankell's novels...not the British, sensationalized version. And there's a reason for that.
Henning's prose is straightforward, organized, written mostly in linear fashion, a straightforward contract with the reader. It is largely quantified as police procedural work. The work of men who are dogged and patient to a fault. Kurt Wallander, the hero in Mankell's novels, is the alter ego of his creator: a lonely man, a dogged policeman, a flawed hero, out of shape, suffering from headaches and diabetes, and possessing a scarred soul. Understandably so and if some of the GR reviews are an indication; like his famous father-in-law Ingmar Bergman, Mankell is from a country noted for its Nordic gloom. But before you make the assumption that this is yet another addition to the somberness and darkness that characterizes Nordic writing Mankell often confounds this cliche with guarded optimism and passages crammed with humanity (for Mankell, this is true both personally and professionally as a writer).
As Americans we often think of Sweden as possessing an very open attitude towards sex and that this is in marked contrast (or perhaps reprieve) to the somber attitudes of its populace. But this is a view that often confounds Swedish people. The idea of Nordic carnality is notably absent in Mankell's work, as much a statement of its erroneous perception (Swedes do not see themselves as part of any sexual revolution at all) and in the case of Mankell ironic because the film director most responsible for advancing these explicit sexual parameters (for his time) was his own father-in-law the great Ingmar Bergman. In a world where Bergman moves in a universe where characters are dark, violent, extreme and aggressive - take note that the ultimate root of this bloody death and ennui lies in the Norse and Icelandic Viking sagas of Scandinavian history - that dark, somber view ascribed to both Mankell and Bergman's work was often a topic of intense jovial interest between these two artists.
For any reader of Nordic crime fiction, Henning Mankell is an immensely popular and staple read.
Enjoy!
We all form connections and we break them. We build friendships. Some of us are on teams at work only to get displaced and join a different team. We travel to distant lands and leave such lands and the people in it. We have families and children, this sacred space we rarely leave until death. We marry and sometimes we divorce a beloved. We become fans of successful artists, perhaps a musician, a singer/songwriter or a Maxfield Parrish, or a Goya, only to feel our inner landscape has changed as do our tastes. We form connections with strangers using Twitter, Facebook, Instagram where the sheer volume of activity makes the absence of one such connection virtually unnoticeable. And then we form connections with characters on the television and in books because they reflect an essence that already exists in our own being. We are anxious to not have them end as they all must. Truth is we do not want to be left without our connections because they, more than anything else, form the fabric of our lives. It is through connections that we have a semblance of immortality.
And still, we face the end of our existence alone no matter what connections were made or remain. I am reminded of Lee Child鈥檚 fictional character Jack Reacher where in the series review I mention:
鈥滼ack seems to implicitly understand that he is a unique animal/human running around on this planet and that in spite of social conventions, cultural trappings, and whatever conventions and abstractions we allow into our mind in order to alleviate this core fact of our singularity (and solitude)...the truth of it is not something Mr. Reacher denies. Secretly, we only wish we could face life alone as Reacher does.鈥�
Humanity has devoted many religious institutions, dogma, if not philosophical thought to this problem of human existence and the end of it, more as a means to assuage our fear of it as opposed to providing an actual answer. And to have this fear extinguished, or not, the one consistent rope to which we cling to is our identity, our individual accomplishments. We are someone as opposed to someone else. Our character, our personality, our ID cannot be erased and is the only connection that remains. On our death bed, at least we are in the company of ourselves.
Or is this not true? Can even this last connection be taken away from us?
Henning Mankel, in this the last of the Kurt Wallander novels, gives us the unpleasant answer. And in a sense, perhaps The Troubled Man is the most terrifying of all the Kurt Wallander novels, especially if you鈥檝e established a clear connection to this brooding, emphatic man. It is a sad and intriguing story in which the reader will experience a profound sense of rejection of what is proposed by the author. That to end this series, Kurt is not killed as a policeman. He is not shelved to a retired policeman鈥檚 life, as a father and grandfather with a family that surrounds him. No. Mankell has something far more devious in mind for Kurt鈥檚 retirement.
Mankell kills Wallander and lets him live.
I will miss him.
-----------------------------------------------
Series Review
is an internationally known Swedish crime writer known mostly for this fictional character Kurt Wallander. He is married to Eva Bergman.
Henning Mankell - Author
It might be said that the fall of communism and the consequent increase in Swedish immigration and asylum seekers has been the engine that drives much of Swedish crime fiction. Mankell's social conscience, his cool attitude towards nationalism and intolerance is largely a result of the writer's commitment to helping the disadvantaged (see his theater work in Africa). In this vein, readers might be interested in his stand-alone novel a thriller set in Africa and inspired by the AIDS epidemic (Mankell often traveled to Africa to help third world populations); or read his , a haunting novel juxtaposing a man's coming of age in Sweden and his life in Zambia.
Mankell's love of Africa, his theater work on that continent, and his exploits in helping the disadvantaged is not generally known by his American readers. In fact, an international news story that has largely gone unnoticed is that while the world watched as Israeli soldiers captured ships attempting to break the Gaza blockade, few people are aware that among the prisoners of the Israelis was one of the world's most successful and acclaimed writers: Henning Mankell.
It is no exaggeration when I say that Henning Mankell is by far one of the most successful writers in Scandinavia, especially in his own country of Sweden. The Nordic weather, cold to the bones, drives its populace indoors for much of the year where cuddling up to read the latest in crime fiction is a national pastime.
For many GR readers who have been introduced to Kurt Wallander it is interesting to note that ultimately the success of bringing Mankell to English speaking audiences only came after bringing in the same production company responsible for Steig Larsson's Millennium trilogy for the wildly popular BBC version starring Kenneth Branagh. Viewers had no problem with an anglicized version of Mankell's work, an English speaking cast set down in a genuine Swedish countryside. Of course, to those fans thoroughly familiar with Mankell's work, it is the Swedish televised version that is found to be a more accurately portrayal of Mankell's novels...not the British, sensationalized version. And there's a reason for that.
Henning's prose is straightforward, organized, written mostly in linear fashion, a straightforward contract with the reader. It is largely quantified as police procedural work. The work of men who are dogged and patient to a fault. Kurt Wallander, the hero in Mankell's novels, is the alter ego of his creator: a lonely man, a dogged policeman, a flawed hero, out of shape, suffering from headaches and diabetes, and possessing a scarred soul. Understandably so and if some of the GR reviews are an indication; like his famous father-in-law Ingmar Bergman, Mankell is from a country noted for its Nordic gloom. But before you make the assumption that this is yet another addition to the somberness and darkness that characterizes Nordic writing Mankell often confounds this cliche with guarded optimism and passages crammed with humanity (for Mankell, this is true both personally and professionally as a writer).
As Americans we often think of Sweden as possessing an very open attitude towards sex and that this is in marked contrast (or perhaps reprieve) to the somber attitudes of its populace. But this is a view that often confounds Swedish people. The idea of Nordic carnality is notably absent in Mankell's work, as much a statement of its erroneous perception (Swedes do not see themselves as part of any sexual revolution at all) and in the case of Mankell ironic because the film director most responsible for advancing these explicit sexual parameters (for his time) was his own father-in-law the great Ingmar Bergman. In a world where Bergman moves in a universe where characters are dark, violent, extreme and aggressive - take note that the ultimate root of this bloody death and ennui lies in the Norse and Icelandic Viking sagas of Scandinavian history - that dark, somber view ascribed to both Mankell and Bergman's work was often a topic of intense jovial interest between these two artists.
For any reader of Nordic crime fiction, Henning Mankell is an immensely popular and staple read.
Enjoy!
April 3, 2024
鈥楤ehind every person there鈥檚 always someone else.鈥�
Saddest book I have read for a while. The last in the Wallender series. Mankell finally leaves the detective in cognitive decline as he begins to experience his late fathers Alzheimer鈥檚.
Wallender is now 60. He has diabetes, cholesterol and dementia but apart from that continues his police work. This story starts with the disappearance of the father of his daughter Linda鈥檚 partner. A story of submarines and Soviet/US spies. But it is the focus on Wallender and his relationship to others that is key.
He is 60. He has moved to the country and bought a new house and a dog. He has become a Grandfather. He meets up with his ex wife and his lover from Riga. He almost burns his house down and has moments when he forgets where he is or what he is doing. He leaves his gun in a restaurant- the start of the book and 鈥榯rigger鈥� of his decline.
I remember a late mate of mine who on reading the last Inspector Morse book tore it up. Now he had read all the books whereas I have many Wallenders still unread. But I can now feel what he experienced. I thought Mankell had died and that was the reason for ending his character. But he chose to finish the series and move on. Leaving his character with an epilogue and another 10 years.
There are many detective characters in books I enjoy reading. Harry Bosch, Charlie Parker, Philip Marlowe, Taggart and the list goes on. But Wallender always stands out for me as the saddest of the loners.
This quote about grandparents also rang a bell with me as my 1 and 3 year old grandchildren clamber over me:
鈥楥hildren are one thing, but grandchildren are even more meaningful; they are the ultimate fulfilment. Children give us the feeling that our existence has been meaningful, but grandchildren are the confirmation of that.鈥�
Saddest book I have read for a while. The last in the Wallender series. Mankell finally leaves the detective in cognitive decline as he begins to experience his late fathers Alzheimer鈥檚.
Wallender is now 60. He has diabetes, cholesterol and dementia but apart from that continues his police work. This story starts with the disappearance of the father of his daughter Linda鈥檚 partner. A story of submarines and Soviet/US spies. But it is the focus on Wallender and his relationship to others that is key.
He is 60. He has moved to the country and bought a new house and a dog. He has become a Grandfather. He meets up with his ex wife and his lover from Riga. He almost burns his house down and has moments when he forgets where he is or what he is doing. He leaves his gun in a restaurant- the start of the book and 鈥榯rigger鈥� of his decline.
I remember a late mate of mine who on reading the last Inspector Morse book tore it up. Now he had read all the books whereas I have many Wallenders still unread. But I can now feel what he experienced. I thought Mankell had died and that was the reason for ending his character. But he chose to finish the series and move on. Leaving his character with an epilogue and another 10 years.
There are many detective characters in books I enjoy reading. Harry Bosch, Charlie Parker, Philip Marlowe, Taggart and the list goes on. But Wallender always stands out for me as the saddest of the loners.
This quote about grandparents also rang a bell with me as my 1 and 3 year old grandchildren clamber over me:
鈥楥hildren are one thing, but grandchildren are even more meaningful; they are the ultimate fulfilment. Children give us the feeling that our existence has been meaningful, but grandchildren are the confirmation of that.鈥�
July 9, 2022
Definitivamente este libro es mi favorito, no porque sea el 煤ltimo, sino porque engloba muy bien qui茅n es Kurt Wallander, las cosas buenas y las cosas malas que lo comprenden. Es un libro largo y para muchos podr铆a ser lento pero, contrario a lo que dicen, a m铆 me parece que es un libro que se detiene en nosotros los lectores que hemos estados al pie del ca帽贸n con el detective de Henning Mankell, sin duda se vislumbra en esta historia mucho de la convicci贸n pol铆tica del autor y ME ENCANTA. Es muy triste, mucho. Pero tambi茅n es real. Ay no. Habr谩 quienes crean que eso no es literario pero me parece valiente lo que hace y tambi茅n me parece que se adelant贸 por mucho a lo que sucede hoy 2022. Qu茅 incre铆ble es la imaginaci贸n. Te quiero mucho, Mankell, donde quiera que andes, qu茅 chido lo que hiciste con estas historias.
March 22, 2019
Y bueno, termin茅 el 煤ltimo Wallander....
Para m铆 es el pen煤ltimo ya que me falta leer 鈥淟a pir谩mide鈥� que son relatos.
Que decir? Mankell me ha convertido en seguidor de los casos de Kurt y de los policiales en general.
En 茅ste, el 煤ltimo, nos encontramos con un Wallander en su ocaso, con diabetes, con lagunas de memoria, con problemas dentales. Se siente viejo y con temor a la muerte.
Sin embargo, sigue siendo capaz de resolver un complicado caso y poner a sus lectores al borde de las l谩grimas.
Para m铆 es el pen煤ltimo ya que me falta leer 鈥淟a pir谩mide鈥� que son relatos.
Que decir? Mankell me ha convertido en seguidor de los casos de Kurt y de los policiales en general.
En 茅ste, el 煤ltimo, nos encontramos con un Wallander en su ocaso, con diabetes, con lagunas de memoria, con problemas dentales. Se siente viejo y con temor a la muerte.
Sin embargo, sigue siendo capaz de resolver un complicado caso y poner a sus lectores al borde de las l谩grimas.
August 16, 2018
螒谓伪位蠀蟿喂魏维 渭蟺慰蟻蔚委蟿蔚 谓伪 未喂伪尾维蟽蔚蟿蔚 蟿畏谓 维蟺慰蠄萎 渭慰蠀 .
韦伪 蟺蟻慰尾位萎渭伪蟿伪 伪蟻蠂委味慰蠀谓 蠈蟿伪谓 慰 渭苇位位蠅谓 蟺蔚胃蔚蟻蠈蟼 蟿畏蟼 魏蠈蟻畏蟼 蟿慰蠀 螔伪位维谓蟿蔚蟻, 伪蟺蠈蟽蟿蟻伪蟿慰蟼 伪尉喂蠅渭伪蟿喂魏蠈蟼 蟿慰蠀 谓伪蠀蟿喂魏慰蠉, 伪谓慰委纬蔚喂 渭喂伪 蟺慰位蠉 伪喂谓喂纬渭伪蟿喂魏萎 蟽蠀味萎蟿畏蟽畏 渭伪味委 蟿慰蠀 蠁伪谓苇蟻伪 伪谓萎蟽蠀蠂慰蟼 纬喂伪 魏维蟿喂 蟺慰蠀 蠁伪委谓蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 蟿慰谓 尾伪蟽伪谓委味蔚喂 魏喂 蠉蟽蟿蔚蟻伪 伪蟺蠈 位委纬蔚蟼 渭苇蟻蔚蟼 蔚尉伪蠁伪谓委味蔚蟿伪喂 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 谓伪 伪蠁萎蟽蔚喂 委蠂谓畏. 螚 蠀蟺蠈胃蔚蟽畏 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺位苇魏蔚蟿伪喂 伪魏蠈渭畏 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 蠈蟿伪谓 蔚尉伪蠁伪谓委味蔚蟿伪喂 魏伪喂 畏 蟽蠉味蠀纬蠈蟼 蟿慰蠀, 蔚蟺委蟽畏蟼 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 蟺蟻慰蠁伪谓萎 位蠈纬慰.
螣 螔伪位维谓蟿蔚蟻 纬喂伪 蠂维蟻畏 蟿畏蟼 魏蠈蟻畏蟼 蟿慰蠀 伪谓伪渭喂纬谓蠉蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿畏谓 蠀蟺蠈胃蔚蟽畏 魏喂 苇蟿蟽喂 尉蔚魏喂谓维蔚喂 苇谓伪 蟺慰位蠉 魏伪位慰未慰蠀位蔚渭苇谓慰 渭蠀蟽蟿萎蟻喂慰, 蠈蟺慰蠀 渭蟺位苇魏慰谓蟿伪喂 纬蔚纬慰谓蠈蟿伪 魏伪喂 伪蟺蠈蟻蟻畏蟿伪 苇纬纬蟻伪蠁伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠈蟽蠁伪蟿畏 蟽蟿蟻伪蟿喂蠅蟿喂魏萎 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟿畏蟼 危慰蠀畏未委伪蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蠀纬魏蔚魏蟻喂渭苇谓伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 蔚蟺慰蠂萎 蟿慰蠀 唯蠀蠂蟻慰蠉 螤慰位苇渭慰蠀. 螣 螠维谓魏蔚位 蔚蟺喂未蔚喂魏谓蠉蔚喂 蔚未蠋 蟿畏谓 维谓蔚蟽畏 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 慰蟺慰委伪 伪蠁慰渭慰委蠅蟽蔚 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏维 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟿伪蟿喂魏维 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 魏伪喂蟻蠈 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰 危喂未畏蟻慰蠉谓 螤伪蟻伪蟺苇蟿伪蟽渭伪 蟽魏苇蟺伪味蔚 蟿畏 危慰蠀畏未委伪 魏伪喂 伪蟺慰蟿蠉蟺蠅蟽蔚 渭蔚 喂魏伪谓蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟿喂蟼 蟿蔚蟿伪渭苇谓蔚蟼 蟽蠂苇蟽蔚喂蟼 蟿畏蟼 蠂蠋蟻伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 渭蔚 蟿畏 危慰尾喂蔚蟿喂魏萎 螆谓蠅蟽畏.
韦慰 桅胃喂谓蠈蟺蠅蟻慰 蟿慰蠀 螝慰蠀蟻蟿 螔伪位维谓蟿蔚蟻 未蔚谓 蠀蟺慰蟿维蟽蟽蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰谓 纬蟻萎纬慰蟻慰, 伪纬蠅谓喂蠋未畏 蟻蠀胃渭蠈 蟿慰蠀 蔚委未慰蠀蟼. 螖蔚谓 蟽蠀谓伪蟻蟺维味蔚喂 蟿蠈蟽慰 渭蔚 蟿慰 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰谓 蟿畏蟼 蠀蟺蠈胃蔚蟽畏蟼, 魏伪胃蠋蟼 伪蠀蟿萎, 伪谓 魏伪喂 蔚尉伪喂蟻蔚蟿喂魏维 纬蟻伪渭渭苇谓畏, 伪魏慰位慰蠀胃蔚委 蟿慰谓 蟻蔚伪位喂蟽蟿喂魏蠈 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 慰蟺慰委慰 魏蠅位蠀蟽喂蔚蟻纬慰蠉谓 蟽蠀谓萎胃蠅蟼 蟿伪 蟺蟻维纬渭伪蟿伪, 未蔚谓 蔚魏蟺位萎蟽蟽蔚喂 维纬蟻喂伪 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 苇谓蟿伪蟽畏 蟿蠅谓 伪谓伪蟿蟻慰蟺蠋谓, 未蔚 胃伪 渭伪蟼 未蠋蟽蔚喂 蠈位伪 伪蠀蟿维 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂慰蠀渭蔚 蟽蠀谓畏胃委蟽蔚喂 谓伪 味畏蟿维渭蔚 伪蟺蠈 蟿伪 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏维. 螕喂伪蟿委 伪谓 魏维蟺慰喂慰蟼 蔚蟺喂渭蔚委谓蔚喂 谓伪 未喂伪尾维蟽蔚喂 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 蟽尾蔚位蟿维未伪 蟺慰蠀 蟽蠀谓萎胃蠅蟼 渭伪蟼 魏维谓蔚喂 谓伪 纬蠀蟻委味慰蠀渭蔚 蟿喂蟼 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼 蟿蠅谓 谓慰蠀维蟻, 胃伪 伪蟺慰纬慰畏蟿蔚蠀蟿蔚委. 韦慰 魏蠀蟻喂蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 蠈渭蠅蟼, 胃伪 蠂维蟽蔚喂 蟿畏谓 慰蠀蟽委伪 伪蠀蟿慰蠉 蟿慰蠀 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿慰蟻萎渭伪蟿慰蟼, 蟺慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 尾伪胃喂维 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓畏 魏伪喂 伪蟺蟻蠈尾位蔚蟺蟿伪 蟿蟻蠀蠁蔚蟻萎.
螣 螔伪位维谓蟿蔚蟻 未喂苇蟻蠂蔚蟿伪喂 魏蠀蟻喂慰位蔚魏蟿喂魏维 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 蠁胃喂谓蠈蟺蠅蟻慰 蟿畏蟼 味蠅萎蟼 蟿慰蠀. 螝慰蠀蟻伪蟽渭苇谓慰蟼, 渭蔚 蟺伪蟿畏渭苇谓伪 蟿伪 蔚尉萎谓蟿伪, 谓喂蠋胃蔚喂 蟿慰 蟿苇位渭伪 谓伪 蟿慰谓 苇蠂蔚喂 蟺慰位喂慰蟻魏萎蟽蔚喂 伪蟺蠈 魏维胃蔚 渭蔚蟻喂维, 尾位苇蟺蔚喂 蟿慰 蟽蠋渭伪 蟿慰蠀 谓伪 渭畏谓 伪谓蟿苇蠂蔚喂 蠈蟺蠅蟼 维位位慰蟿蔚, 伪纬蠅谓委味蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 伪蟺慰未喂蠋尉蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 未蠀谓维渭蔚喂蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰谓 蟿蟻伪尾维谓蔚 蟺蟻慰蟼 蟿畏 位萎胃畏, 蟽伪蟽蟿委味蔚喂 伪尾慰萎胃畏蟿慰蟼 渭蟺蟻慰蟽蟿维 蟽蟿畏谓 蔚渭蠁维谓喂蟽畏 魏蟻慰蠀蟽渭维蟿蠅谓 伪渭谓畏蟽委伪蟼 蟺慰蠀 蠂蔚喂蟻慰蟿蔚蟻蔚蠉慰蠀谓. 螝伪胃蠋蟼 蔚谓蠋谓蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 蟽魏蠈蟻蟺喂蔚蟼, 维蟿伪魏蟿蔚蟼 蟿蔚位蔚委蔚蟼 渭喂伪 蠀蟺蠈胃蔚蟽畏蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰谓 伪蠁慰蟻维 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏维, 伪谓伪蟽蟿慰蠂维味蔚蟿伪喂 蟿畏 未喂魏萎 蟿慰蠀 味蠅萎, 蟿喂蟼 伪蟺慰蟿蠀蠂委蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟿伪 蔚蟻蔚委蟺喂伪 蟺慰蠀 维蠁畏蟽蔚 蟺委蟽蠅 蟿慰蠀, 蠂伪蟻委味慰谓蟿维蟼 渭伪蟼 苇谓伪 伪谓维纬位蠀蠁慰, 慰位慰味蠋谓蟿伪谓慰 蟺慰蟻蟿蟻伪委蟿慰 蟿畏蟼 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿维蟼 蟿慰蠀, 渭喂伪 未喂伪未喂魏伪蟽委伪 蟺慰蠀 蟽蠀蠂谓维 蟺伪蟻伪渭蔚位蔚委蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰 蔚委未慰蟼. 螝伪喂 纬喂' 伪蠀蟿蠈谓 蟿慰谓 位蠈纬慰 伪尉委味蔚喂 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻慰蟽慰蠂萎 渭伪蟼.
韦伪 蟺蟻慰尾位萎渭伪蟿伪 伪蟻蠂委味慰蠀谓 蠈蟿伪谓 慰 渭苇位位蠅谓 蟺蔚胃蔚蟻蠈蟼 蟿畏蟼 魏蠈蟻畏蟼 蟿慰蠀 螔伪位维谓蟿蔚蟻, 伪蟺蠈蟽蟿蟻伪蟿慰蟼 伪尉喂蠅渭伪蟿喂魏蠈蟼 蟿慰蠀 谓伪蠀蟿喂魏慰蠉, 伪谓慰委纬蔚喂 渭喂伪 蟺慰位蠉 伪喂谓喂纬渭伪蟿喂魏萎 蟽蠀味萎蟿畏蟽畏 渭伪味委 蟿慰蠀 蠁伪谓苇蟻伪 伪谓萎蟽蠀蠂慰蟼 纬喂伪 魏维蟿喂 蟺慰蠀 蠁伪委谓蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 蟿慰谓 尾伪蟽伪谓委味蔚喂 魏喂 蠉蟽蟿蔚蟻伪 伪蟺蠈 位委纬蔚蟼 渭苇蟻蔚蟼 蔚尉伪蠁伪谓委味蔚蟿伪喂 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 谓伪 伪蠁萎蟽蔚喂 委蠂谓畏. 螚 蠀蟺蠈胃蔚蟽畏 蟺蔚蟻喂蟺位苇魏蔚蟿伪喂 伪魏蠈渭畏 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟽蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 蠈蟿伪谓 蔚尉伪蠁伪谓委味蔚蟿伪喂 魏伪喂 畏 蟽蠉味蠀纬蠈蟼 蟿慰蠀, 蔚蟺委蟽畏蟼 蠂蠅蟻委蟼 蟺蟻慰蠁伪谓萎 位蠈纬慰.
螣 螔伪位维谓蟿蔚蟻 纬喂伪 蠂维蟻畏 蟿畏蟼 魏蠈蟻畏蟼 蟿慰蠀 伪谓伪渭喂纬谓蠉蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿畏谓 蠀蟺蠈胃蔚蟽畏 魏喂 苇蟿蟽喂 尉蔚魏喂谓维蔚喂 苇谓伪 蟺慰位蠉 魏伪位慰未慰蠀位蔚渭苇谓慰 渭蠀蟽蟿萎蟻喂慰, 蠈蟺慰蠀 渭蟺位苇魏慰谓蟿伪喂 纬蔚纬慰谓蠈蟿伪 魏伪喂 伪蟺蠈蟻蟻畏蟿伪 苇纬纬蟻伪蠁伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻蠈蟽蠁伪蟿畏 蟽蟿蟻伪蟿喂蠅蟿喂魏萎 喂蟽蟿慰蟻委伪 蟿畏蟼 危慰蠀畏未委伪蟼 魏伪喂 蟽蠀纬魏蔚魏蟻喂渭苇谓伪 伪蟺蠈 蟿畏谓 蔚蟺慰蠂萎 蟿慰蠀 唯蠀蠂蟻慰蠉 螤慰位苇渭慰蠀. 螣 螠维谓魏蔚位 蔚蟺喂未蔚喂魏谓蠉蔚喂 蔚未蠋 蟿畏谓 维谓蔚蟽畏 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 慰蟺慰委伪 伪蠁慰渭慰委蠅蟽蔚 蟺蟻伪纬渭伪蟿喂魏维 蟺蔚蟻喂蟽蟿伪蟿喂魏维 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰谓 魏伪喂蟻蠈 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰 危喂未畏蟻慰蠉谓 螤伪蟻伪蟺苇蟿伪蟽渭伪 蟽魏苇蟺伪味蔚 蟿畏 危慰蠀畏未委伪 魏伪喂 伪蟺慰蟿蠉蟺蠅蟽蔚 渭蔚 喂魏伪谓蠈蟿畏蟿伪 蟿喂蟼 蟿蔚蟿伪渭苇谓蔚蟼 蟽蠂苇蟽蔚喂蟼 蟿畏蟼 蠂蠋蟻伪蟼 蟿慰蠀 渭蔚 蟿畏 危慰尾喂蔚蟿喂魏萎 螆谓蠅蟽畏.
韦慰 桅胃喂谓蠈蟺蠅蟻慰 蟿慰蠀 螝慰蠀蟻蟿 螔伪位维谓蟿蔚蟻 未蔚谓 蠀蟺慰蟿维蟽蟽蔚蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰谓 纬蟻萎纬慰蟻慰, 伪纬蠅谓喂蠋未畏 蟻蠀胃渭蠈 蟿慰蠀 蔚委未慰蠀蟼. 螖蔚谓 蟽蠀谓伪蟻蟺维味蔚喂 蟿蠈蟽慰 渭蔚 蟿慰 蔚谓未喂伪蠁苇蟻慰谓 蟿畏蟼 蠀蟺蠈胃蔚蟽畏蟼, 魏伪胃蠋蟼 伪蠀蟿萎, 伪谓 魏伪喂 蔚尉伪喂蟻蔚蟿喂魏维 纬蟻伪渭渭苇谓畏, 伪魏慰位慰蠀胃蔚委 蟿慰谓 蟻蔚伪位喂蟽蟿喂魏蠈 蟿蟻蠈蟺慰 渭蔚 蟿慰谓 慰蟺慰委慰 魏蠅位蠀蟽喂蔚蟻纬慰蠉谓 蟽蠀谓萎胃蠅蟼 蟿伪 蟺蟻维纬渭伪蟿伪, 未蔚谓 蔚魏蟺位萎蟽蟽蔚喂 维纬蟻喂伪 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 苇谓蟿伪蟽畏 蟿蠅谓 伪谓伪蟿蟻慰蟺蠋谓, 未蔚 胃伪 渭伪蟼 未蠋蟽蔚喂 蠈位伪 伪蠀蟿维 蟺慰蠀 苇蠂慰蠀渭蔚 蟽蠀谓畏胃委蟽蔚喂 谓伪 味畏蟿维渭蔚 伪蟺蠈 蟿伪 伪蟽蟿蠀谓慰渭喂魏维. 螕喂伪蟿委 伪谓 魏维蟺慰喂慰蟼 蔚蟺喂渭蔚委谓蔚喂 谓伪 未喂伪尾维蟽蔚喂 蟿慰 尾喂尾位委慰 渭蔚 蟿畏谓 蟽尾蔚位蟿维未伪 蟺慰蠀 蟽蠀谓萎胃蠅蟼 渭伪蟼 魏维谓蔚喂 谓伪 纬蠀蟻委味慰蠀渭蔚 蟿喂蟼 蟽蔚位委未蔚蟼 蟿蠅谓 谓慰蠀维蟻, 胃伪 伪蟺慰纬慰畏蟿蔚蠀蟿蔚委. 韦慰 魏蠀蟻喂蠈蟿蔚蟻慰 蠈渭蠅蟼, 胃伪 蠂维蟽蔚喂 蟿畏谓 慰蠀蟽委伪 伪蠀蟿慰蠉 蟿慰蠀 渭蠀胃喂蟽蟿慰蟻萎渭伪蟿慰蟼, 蟺慰蠀 蔚委谓伪喂 尾伪胃喂维 伪谓胃蟻蠋蟺喂谓畏 魏伪喂 伪蟺蟻蠈尾位蔚蟺蟿伪 蟿蟻蠀蠁蔚蟻萎.
螣 螔伪位维谓蟿蔚蟻 未喂苇蟻蠂蔚蟿伪喂 魏蠀蟻喂慰位蔚魏蟿喂魏维 伪蟺蠈 蟿慰 蠁胃喂谓蠈蟺蠅蟻慰 蟿畏蟼 味蠅萎蟼 蟿慰蠀. 螝慰蠀蟻伪蟽渭苇谓慰蟼, 渭蔚 蟺伪蟿畏渭苇谓伪 蟿伪 蔚尉萎谓蟿伪, 谓喂蠋胃蔚喂 蟿慰 蟿苇位渭伪 谓伪 蟿慰谓 苇蠂蔚喂 蟺慰位喂慰蟻魏萎蟽蔚喂 伪蟺蠈 魏维胃蔚 渭蔚蟻喂维, 尾位苇蟺蔚喂 蟿慰 蟽蠋渭伪 蟿慰蠀 谓伪 渭畏谓 伪谓蟿苇蠂蔚喂 蠈蟺蠅蟼 维位位慰蟿蔚, 伪纬蠅谓委味蔚蟿伪喂 谓伪 伪蟺慰未喂蠋尉蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 未蠀谓维渭蔚喂蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰谓 蟿蟻伪尾维谓蔚 蟺蟻慰蟼 蟿畏 位萎胃畏, 蟽伪蟽蟿委味蔚喂 伪尾慰萎胃畏蟿慰蟼 渭蟺蟻慰蟽蟿维 蟽蟿畏谓 蔚渭蠁维谓喂蟽畏 魏蟻慰蠀蟽渭维蟿蠅谓 伪渭谓畏蟽委伪蟼 蟺慰蠀 蠂蔚喂蟻慰蟿蔚蟻蔚蠉慰蠀谓. 螝伪胃蠋蟼 蔚谓蠋谓蔚喂 蟿喂蟼 蟽魏蠈蟻蟺喂蔚蟼, 维蟿伪魏蟿蔚蟼 蟿蔚位蔚委蔚蟼 渭喂伪 蠀蟺蠈胃蔚蟽畏蟼 蟺慰蠀 蟿慰谓 伪蠁慰蟻维 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏维, 伪谓伪蟽蟿慰蠂维味蔚蟿伪喂 蟿畏 未喂魏萎 蟿慰蠀 味蠅萎, 蟿喂蟼 伪蟺慰蟿蠀蠂委蔚蟼 魏伪喂 蟿伪 蔚蟻蔚委蟺喂伪 蟺慰蠀 维蠁畏蟽蔚 蟺委蟽蠅 蟿慰蠀, 蠂伪蟻委味慰谓蟿维蟼 渭伪蟼 苇谓伪 伪谓维纬位蠀蠁慰, 慰位慰味蠋谓蟿伪谓慰 蟺慰蟻蟿蟻伪委蟿慰 蟿畏蟼 蟺蟻慰蟽蠅蟺喂魏蠈蟿畏蟿维蟼 蟿慰蠀, 渭喂伪 未喂伪未喂魏伪蟽委伪 蟺慰蠀 蟽蠀蠂谓维 蟺伪蟻伪渭蔚位蔚委蟿伪喂 蟽蟿慰 蔚委未慰蟼. 螝伪喂 纬喂' 伪蠀蟿蠈谓 蟿慰谓 位蠈纬慰 伪尉委味蔚喂 蟿畏谓 蟺蟻慰蟽慰蠂萎 渭伪蟼.
January 12, 2016
Kurt Wallander - Kenneth Branagh (na s茅rie da BBC)
5 Estrelas
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1 Estrela Henning Mankell/Kurt Wallander)
鈥漊m Homem Inquieto鈥�, originalmente publicado em 2009, 茅 um romance policial do escritor sueco Henning Mankell (1948 鈥� 2015), a d茅cima ou d茅cima primeira obra (conforme as fontes bibliogr谩ficas) protagonizada pelo inspector de pol铆cia Kurt Wallander.
Desde 2002, com a leitura de 鈥滱ssassino Sem Rosto鈥� (1991) que acompanho de uma forma 谩vida a vida e as investiga莽玫es policiais efectuadas pelo inspector sueco Kurt Wallander, com sede na pequena cidade portu谩ria do sul da Su茅cia, Ystad.
Li todas as suas 鈥渁venturas鈥� 鈥� excepto, 鈥淭he Pyramid: And Four Other Kurt Wallander Mysteries (Wallander, #9)鈥� (que agrupa um conjunto de cinco contos) e 鈥淎n Event in Autumn (Wallander #9.5)鈥�, duas obras que n茫o foram traduzidas para portugu锚s 鈥� restava-me 鈥漊m Homem Inquieto鈥� que termina da seguinte forma: 鈥滶 茅 tudo. A hist贸ria de Kurt Wallander termina irrevogavelmente. Os anos de vida que ainda lhe restam, talvez dez, talvez alguns mais, pertencem-lhe, a ele e a Linda (a sua filha), a ele e a Klara (a sua neta). A mais ningu茅m.鈥� (P谩g. 476)
Decidi ler 鈥漊m Homem Inquieto鈥� em 2015 porque foi o ano em que Henning Mankell faleceu, no dia 5 de Outubro,(), ap贸s lhe terem sido diagnosticados, no inicio de 2014, um cancro nos pulm玫es e outro no pesco莽o, ( ); uma singela homenagem a um dos escritores mais emblem谩ticos e fascinantes da literatura mundial, um dos mestres da literatura policial n贸rdica, e a um 鈥淗omem鈥�, fascinado por Mo莽ambique (era director do Teatro Avenida de Maputo) () e por 脕frica, que se envolveu em in煤meros projectos de desenvolvimento e 脿s causas sociais, num empenho e numa solidariedade sem limites.
Henning Mankell em Mo莽ambique
A narrativa de 鈥漊m Homem Inquieto鈥� come莽a com o desaparecimento de H氓kan von Enke, um reformado oficial superior, altamente condecorado, da Marinha sueca; uma hist贸ria inspirada pela controv茅rsia que envolveu os submarinos 鈥渁vistados鈥� ou 鈥渄etectados鈥� na costa e nas 谩guas territoriais da Su茅cia nos anos de 1982 e 1983, num dos per铆odos mais conturbados da Guerra Fria, entre o bloco sovi茅tico, a URSS e os Estados Unidos da Am茅rica, relatos de espionagem e contra-espionagem,com a presen莽a do primeiro-ministro na 茅poca, Olof Palme, eventos que s茫o considerados como dos piores esc芒ndalos na hist贸ria pol铆tica da Su茅cia.
Esta 鈥渋nvestiga莽茫o鈥� de Kurt Wallander 茅 externa ao seu trabalho policial em Ystad e decorre do facto de H氓kan von Enke ser o pai de Hans von Enke, um jovem que vive com a sua filha Linda (tamb茅m ela enveredou pela carreira policial) e pai da sua rec茅m-nascida neta Klara.
Kurt Wallander, com sessenta anos, 茅 uma personagem fascinante, que enfrenta as dificuldades inerentes ao envelhecimento, fisicamente mais debilitado, pelo stress e pela diabetes, apercebendo-se que come莽a a ter in煤meras falhas de mem贸ria, associada 脿s suas idiossincrasias, ao isolamento e 脿 melancolia, com uma vida mais contemplativa desde que se mudou para uma casa rural, mais isolada, mas com uma vista deslumbrante e que encontra um novo companheiro, um c茫o de nome Jussi.
鈥漊m Homem Inquieto鈥� 茅 mais um excelente romance policial, com ritmo narrativo mais lento, num enredo consistente, misterioso, dominado pela vertente hist贸rica e pol铆tica, assente em acontecimentos reais, num trabalho de investiga莽茫o que assenta num processo introspectivo de Kurt Wallander.
Henning Mankell "茅" um 鈥渕estre鈥� da literatura policial鈥�
December 10, 2011
This is the last novel in the Wallander Series and I find it impossible to review it without spoilers. As usual in this series there are pieces of a jigsaw waiting for Wallander to fit together. Unusually, though, several are left out of the completed picture. Small stones are mentioned, one of which appears to travel from Sweden to Germany. What does this signify? I have no idea. A woman, Louise, is murdered, this being the only murder in the book. By whom? I have no idea. Why? There is a suggestion, but no evidence to back it up. And why were her shoes left lying beside her body? Having read the book I am none the wiser.
Louise is the wife of an officer in the Swedish navy. For the first part of the book it appears she has been spying for the Soviet Union, then Russia. Given she is a school-teacher this seems unlikely. To make it more plausible, Louise visits East Germany from time to time in connection with sport.
Wallander eventually comes to the view that Louise was not the spy, her husband was. Secondly, he concludes that her husband was spying for the Unites States, not the Soviet Union. This is possible since Sweden was neutral and not part of NATO.
Some of this is likely. A spy needs information. Louise had none but her husband had. It is also quite likely that the US was spying in Sweden, as everywhere else. On the other hand, and especially in the Soviet era, the USSR was perceived to be the danger and I am sure many Swedes would have been happy to cooperate with the US.
So why was Louise murdered? The suggestion is that she might have discovered what her husband was up to and had to be silenced. Unfortunately for this theory, Wallander has gone out of his way to visit a retired STASI officer and leaves persuaded that the method used to murder her was developed in East Germany. So the communists murdered Louise to prevent her disclosing the fact that her husband spied for the US? I don鈥檛 think so.
How good is this book? In life, not all loose ends can be tied up, but there are too many here.
In order to explain what has happened, Wallander is reduced to speculation on a large scale since he lacks the necessary evidence. In fact, he leaves a written account of his thinking in the hands of the police officer responsible for investigating the death of Louise. So confident is he of his conclusions that he doesn鈥檛 sign it. One loose end is tied up, but it has nothing to do with the case. He is visited by his ex-lover Baiba, who is dying. (This mirrors a similar occurrence in Mankell鈥檚 novel, Italian Shoes).
The other aspect of the book worth noting is that Wallander is now in decline. He has been so for some years, of course, most notably suffering from diabetes. But now his mind is going as well and Mankell deals with the onset of dementia here. It is hard to know how well, but I find it both scary and convincing.
Wallander often reflects on the infirmity of old age, and he does come across as seriously out of condition. Being both older than the detective and more active, I find this odd. He seems to me old before his time. Mankell must have been 63 or 64 when writing this book so I hope he isn鈥檛 writing from experience.
Louise is the wife of an officer in the Swedish navy. For the first part of the book it appears she has been spying for the Soviet Union, then Russia. Given she is a school-teacher this seems unlikely. To make it more plausible, Louise visits East Germany from time to time in connection with sport.
Wallander eventually comes to the view that Louise was not the spy, her husband was. Secondly, he concludes that her husband was spying for the Unites States, not the Soviet Union. This is possible since Sweden was neutral and not part of NATO.
Some of this is likely. A spy needs information. Louise had none but her husband had. It is also quite likely that the US was spying in Sweden, as everywhere else. On the other hand, and especially in the Soviet era, the USSR was perceived to be the danger and I am sure many Swedes would have been happy to cooperate with the US.
So why was Louise murdered? The suggestion is that she might have discovered what her husband was up to and had to be silenced. Unfortunately for this theory, Wallander has gone out of his way to visit a retired STASI officer and leaves persuaded that the method used to murder her was developed in East Germany. So the communists murdered Louise to prevent her disclosing the fact that her husband spied for the US? I don鈥檛 think so.
How good is this book? In life, not all loose ends can be tied up, but there are too many here.
In order to explain what has happened, Wallander is reduced to speculation on a large scale since he lacks the necessary evidence. In fact, he leaves a written account of his thinking in the hands of the police officer responsible for investigating the death of Louise. So confident is he of his conclusions that he doesn鈥檛 sign it. One loose end is tied up, but it has nothing to do with the case. He is visited by his ex-lover Baiba, who is dying. (This mirrors a similar occurrence in Mankell鈥檚 novel, Italian Shoes).
The other aspect of the book worth noting is that Wallander is now in decline. He has been so for some years, of course, most notably suffering from diabetes. But now his mind is going as well and Mankell deals with the onset of dementia here. It is hard to know how well, but I find it both scary and convincing.
Wallander often reflects on the infirmity of old age, and he does come across as seriously out of condition. Being both older than the detective and more active, I find this odd. He seems to me old before his time. Mankell must have been 63 or 64 when writing this book so I hope he isn鈥檛 writing from experience.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 18, 2023
A naval officer disappears. Turns out, it's Kurt Wallander's daughter's father in law. So even though it is somebody else's case, he investigates.
Apparently, the final book in the series.
Apparently, the final book in the series.
April 25, 2011
This is not a book with which to begin your relationship with Henning Mankell's moody detective, Kurt Wallander. This is a novel purely for those who have formed a connection with Wallander over the many preceding novels. I find Wallander one of the most richly human characters I've encountered in fiction--believably flawed and lonely and morose (perhaps because I am always flawed and sometimes lonely and morose, myself)--and I was a bit saddened, going into this book, knowing that it was to be the last Wallander novel.
The mystery here is not as gripping and pulse-pounding as those in some earlier books, which was a bit disappointing. But the slower pace allows more time for Wallander to simply be Wallander, and the nature of the case creates reasons for Wallander to spend time with his daughter. Their thorny relationship has always been one of my favorite aspects of the books, and it gets plenty of focus here.
For me, the most deeply unnerving portions of this book had nothing to do with the crime Wallander investigates, but rather with another, more immediate threat he faces. And the ending is not the one I wanted for Wallander, but it is a deeply human ending, and I respect Mankell for not compromising in the final moments of his time with his most famous and beloved character.
It's probably silly of me to hold out hope for some Linda Wallander mysteries now, but I can't help it.
The mystery here is not as gripping and pulse-pounding as those in some earlier books, which was a bit disappointing. But the slower pace allows more time for Wallander to simply be Wallander, and the nature of the case creates reasons for Wallander to spend time with his daughter. Their thorny relationship has always been one of my favorite aspects of the books, and it gets plenty of focus here.
For me, the most deeply unnerving portions of this book had nothing to do with the crime Wallander investigates, but rather with another, more immediate threat he faces. And the ending is not the one I wanted for Wallander, but it is a deeply human ending, and I respect Mankell for not compromising in the final moments of his time with his most famous and beloved character.
It's probably silly of me to hold out hope for some Linda Wallander mysteries now, but I can't help it.
June 8, 2020
I usually give Henning Mankell's novels about Kurt Wallander 4 stars. They're all very good, always pushing the boundaries of the mystery genre in order to develop character and explore political issues.
The mysteries are often less interesting than the world Mankell constructs. But since this is the end of the series for me--and it's so sad to say goodbye to Kurt after following his ups and downs (which are many) for so long--I'm going to give the finale 5 stars, as a tribute to the entire body of work. Such a great series overall! I read them all in German to improve my language skills, which was an added joy. Give me a few months and I'll probably start all over again.
The mysteries are often less interesting than the world Mankell constructs. But since this is the end of the series for me--and it's so sad to say goodbye to Kurt after following his ups and downs (which are many) for so long--I'm going to give the finale 5 stars, as a tribute to the entire body of work. Such a great series overall! I read them all in German to improve my language skills, which was an added joy. Give me a few months and I'll probably start all over again.
April 8, 2011
Halfway through the book, I find it hard to believe how fast this reads, and how hard I find it to put it down. I have a soft spot for Mankell ever since I saw him talk live (and found that I could well listen for a few more hours) but in some of the Wallander mysteries, I got a bit tired of rants about the political climate in Sweden. This one had only a reasonable amount of that, and I'm enjoying it.
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Finished the book - a bit sad that this is definitely the end of the series, but I think it is a worthy ending to a series that covered roughly two decades of Wallander's life.
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Finished the book - a bit sad that this is definitely the end of the series, but I think it is a worthy ending to a series that covered roughly two decades of Wallander's life.
March 30, 2024
Wallander serisi en sevdi臒im polisiyelerden oldu. Kurt Wallander da Maigret鈥檇en sonra en sevdi臒im dedektif art谋k. Seri bitti臒i i莽in h眉z眉nle ba艧lam谋艧t谋m ama roman daha da h眉z眉nlendirdi.
Mankell her roman谋nda farkl谋 bir soruna e臒iliyor. Huzursuz Adam hi莽 beklemedi臒im 艧ekilde espiyonaj roman谋 莽谋kt谋. 脺lkenin ge莽mi艧i ve di臒er 眉lkelerle siyasetini 莽ok hissettirmeden romana yerle艧tirmi艧. Asl谋nda kitab谋n polisiye kurgusu di臒er kitaplar谋ndaki kadar 眉st seviye de臒ildi. Ortalama bir casusluk hikayesi bile denebilir. Ama s枚z konusu Wallander鈥櫮眓 vedas谋 olunca 莽ok g眉zel bir roman 莽谋km谋艧. Dramatik dozu daha y眉ksek bir romand谋. 脟ok be臒endi臒im, okumaktan 莽ok keyif ald谋臒谋m bir seriydi. Vedas谋 da 莽ok g眉zel oldu.
Mankell her roman谋nda farkl谋 bir soruna e臒iliyor. Huzursuz Adam hi莽 beklemedi臒im 艧ekilde espiyonaj roman谋 莽谋kt谋. 脺lkenin ge莽mi艧i ve di臒er 眉lkelerle siyasetini 莽ok hissettirmeden romana yerle艧tirmi艧. Asl谋nda kitab谋n polisiye kurgusu di臒er kitaplar谋ndaki kadar 眉st seviye de臒ildi. Ortalama bir casusluk hikayesi bile denebilir. Ama s枚z konusu Wallander鈥櫮眓 vedas谋 olunca 莽ok g眉zel bir roman 莽谋km谋艧. Dramatik dozu daha y眉ksek bir romand谋. 脟ok be臒endi臒im, okumaktan 莽ok keyif ald谋臒谋m bir seriydi. Vedas谋 da 莽ok g眉zel oldu.
May 18, 2024
Henning Mankell鈥檌, 枚zellikle de isim yapmas谋n谋 sa臒layan Kurt Wallander dizisini okumak ayr谋 bir keyif. Bu dizinin 2009鈥檇a yay谋mlanan son kitab谋 olan 鈥淭roubled Man鈥� de bu a莽谋dan 艧a艧谋rtm谋yor. (Bu arada ben 艧imdiye kadar dizinin 1, 2 ve 10 no鈥檒u kitaplar谋n谋 okudum, daha eksi臒im 莽ok yani). Bir yanda jeopolitik tonlar谋 da olan iyi bir polisiye olay 枚rg眉s眉 (陌sve莽鈥檌n NATO 眉yeli臒ine daha yeni al谋nd谋臒谋 bir d枚nemde bu kitab谋 okumak daha da ilgin莽 oldu, Menkell鈥檌n 枚ng枚r眉leri dikkate de臒er), di臒er yandan kitaba hakim melankolik hava, art谋k 60鈥櫮眓daki Wallander鈥檌n ya艧l谋l谋k/枚l眉m korkusunu iyice hissetmesi, eski e艧i, k谋z谋, torunu ile ili艧kileri, ek olarak Menkell鈥檌n insan谋 kapt谋ran ustaca anlat谋m tarz谋 bu keyfi sa臒layan unsurlar.
April 12, 2011
Without giving anything away, pretty much everyone knows by now that The Troubled Man is the last Wallander novel, and once again within the space of a month I'm having to say goodbye to not only a favorite series, but to a favorite character as well. I hate when this happens, but series readers know it's likely inevitable at some point.
"It began with the troubled man," who in this case is H氓kan von Enke, retired naval officer, husband of Louise and father of Hans. Hans, as it turns out, is a hedge-fund manager and Linda Wallander's significant other, with whom she has a new baby girl. At H氓kan's 75th birthday party, he takes Wallander aside and tells him a rather odd story about a strange incident that occurred during the Cold War, involving Soviet submarines in a Swedish naval installation. As Wallander listens with interest, he notices H氓kan watching someone watching him. And then, shortly afterwards, H氓kan simply disappears while out on a routine walk. Even though he vanishes out of Wallander's police jurisdiction, Linda begs her father to find out what happened, and Wallander becomes involved. But when Louise vanishes without a trace, his involvement deepens, and he begins to wonder if both incidents have anything to do with events that happened in the past, in terms of both politics and long-held family secrets. But von Enke is not the only troubled man in the story -- that title can also be applied to Kurt Wallander himself. At 60, with a new granddaughter, he spends a great deal of time looking back at life and his relationships -- with Linda, his ex-wife Mona, his father, his co-workers and old friends, often with regrets, sometimes with questions about what might have been. But more importantly, he's got another cause for concern: lapses in his memory that begin to worry him, especially as he reflects on his father.
I've loved this series from its beginning, and although I've liked some books better than others, it's always been consistent even up to this last installment. Wallander remains the same old gloomy Gus he's always been, deeply involved in whatever case he takes on to the detriment of his health and sometimes his family. This is a much more morose Wallander in The Troubled Man, but he's still working hard to solve the mystery of the two disappearances. Unlike most of the other books, however, there's a lot of detail here that tends to bog things down sometimes -- mostly involving Swedish Cold War politics, NATO, the US Government -- that can get a bit tedious after a while. Not that it's not important to the story...it's just a bit overdone. And Mankell's novels (like those of many author Scandinavian authors) all have a message to be conveyed dealing with politics or social issues -- that also is the case here. But what really made this book for me unlike the others in the series was not so much the mystery or the detective work (both of which are well plotted, by the way), but this time it was Wallander himself. Seasoned Mankell veterans who've followed the series book by book will notice through Wallander's reflections and other devices little reminders of the other Wallander stories scattered throughout, all the more poignant now that this is the last of them.
You don't need to read them all in order, but why wouldn't you? Especially given that this is the last of one of the best crime fiction series out there, wouldn't you want Wallander's entire history before opening this final book? As Mankell is telling his readers in this story, there are just some things you need to figure out for yourselves, but as for me, I'm happy I read each one book by book.
Thanks to Henning Mankell (like he'll ever see this, but what the heck) for the number of hours throughout my life I've had my nose buried in a Wallander novel -- I've loved every second.
"It began with the troubled man," who in this case is H氓kan von Enke, retired naval officer, husband of Louise and father of Hans. Hans, as it turns out, is a hedge-fund manager and Linda Wallander's significant other, with whom she has a new baby girl. At H氓kan's 75th birthday party, he takes Wallander aside and tells him a rather odd story about a strange incident that occurred during the Cold War, involving Soviet submarines in a Swedish naval installation. As Wallander listens with interest, he notices H氓kan watching someone watching him. And then, shortly afterwards, H氓kan simply disappears while out on a routine walk. Even though he vanishes out of Wallander's police jurisdiction, Linda begs her father to find out what happened, and Wallander becomes involved. But when Louise vanishes without a trace, his involvement deepens, and he begins to wonder if both incidents have anything to do with events that happened in the past, in terms of both politics and long-held family secrets. But von Enke is not the only troubled man in the story -- that title can also be applied to Kurt Wallander himself. At 60, with a new granddaughter, he spends a great deal of time looking back at life and his relationships -- with Linda, his ex-wife Mona, his father, his co-workers and old friends, often with regrets, sometimes with questions about what might have been. But more importantly, he's got another cause for concern: lapses in his memory that begin to worry him, especially as he reflects on his father.
I've loved this series from its beginning, and although I've liked some books better than others, it's always been consistent even up to this last installment. Wallander remains the same old gloomy Gus he's always been, deeply involved in whatever case he takes on to the detriment of his health and sometimes his family. This is a much more morose Wallander in The Troubled Man, but he's still working hard to solve the mystery of the two disappearances. Unlike most of the other books, however, there's a lot of detail here that tends to bog things down sometimes -- mostly involving Swedish Cold War politics, NATO, the US Government -- that can get a bit tedious after a while. Not that it's not important to the story...it's just a bit overdone. And Mankell's novels (like those of many author Scandinavian authors) all have a message to be conveyed dealing with politics or social issues -- that also is the case here. But what really made this book for me unlike the others in the series was not so much the mystery or the detective work (both of which are well plotted, by the way), but this time it was Wallander himself. Seasoned Mankell veterans who've followed the series book by book will notice through Wallander's reflections and other devices little reminders of the other Wallander stories scattered throughout, all the more poignant now that this is the last of them.
You don't need to read them all in order, but why wouldn't you? Especially given that this is the last of one of the best crime fiction series out there, wouldn't you want Wallander's entire history before opening this final book? As Mankell is telling his readers in this story, there are just some things you need to figure out for yourselves, but as for me, I'm happy I read each one book by book.
Thanks to Henning Mankell (like he'll ever see this, but what the heck) for the number of hours throughout my life I've had my nose buried in a Wallander novel -- I've loved every second.
October 1, 2024
鈥淗e was who he was, he finally concluded. A man, good at his job, even astute. All his life he had tried to be part of forces of good in this world, and if he had failed, well, he want the only one. What else could a person do but try his best?鈥� P235
Feeling somewhat melancholic at the thought of saying goodbye to Kurt Wallander. In fact, I鈥檝e felt a sense of foreboding while reading every page of The Troubled Man, knowing that Henning Mankell鈥檚 series is coming to a close. 10 books. 10 journeys with a fictional man who I feel like I鈥檝e come to know and in so many ways identify with. I feel like I鈥檝e aged similarly, confronted similar thoughts and feelings and made similar decisions from time to time.
Mankell takes us on a real dive into the Cold War in The Troubled Man, centring particularly on the Swedish submarine H氓rsfj盲rden incident that occurred in 1982. At the time it was thought a foreign submarine of Soviet origin had violated Sweden鈥檚 territorial waters and an attempt to sink it was unsuccessful. The exact origin of this vessel remains unknown to this day.
Wallander finds himself embroiled in an investigation of missing Naval commander, H氓kan von Enke, whose opinions and beliefs about the H氓rsfj盲rden incident had been made known at the highest level. von Enke鈥檚 wife Louise also mysteriously disappears a few weeks later. What makes this more of a concern is that Wallander鈥檚 daughter Linda is living with the von Enke鈥檚 son, Hans with whom she has just had a daughter, Klara.
Deception, intrigue and espionage are around every corner in this final Wallander instalment, as is a very tangible sense of Wallander鈥檚 own vulnerability and fear of aging and everything that goes along with that. At sixty, Wallander experiences a number of things that cause him to confront his own mortality and purpose.
So, it is with a heavy heart that I farewell Kurt Wallander. The joy I have thought is the prospect of a reread of the series down the track to experience anew and perhaps differently this character that I have thoroughly enjoyed walking with.
5 stars all round.
Feeling somewhat melancholic at the thought of saying goodbye to Kurt Wallander. In fact, I鈥檝e felt a sense of foreboding while reading every page of The Troubled Man, knowing that Henning Mankell鈥檚 series is coming to a close. 10 books. 10 journeys with a fictional man who I feel like I鈥檝e come to know and in so many ways identify with. I feel like I鈥檝e aged similarly, confronted similar thoughts and feelings and made similar decisions from time to time.
Mankell takes us on a real dive into the Cold War in The Troubled Man, centring particularly on the Swedish submarine H氓rsfj盲rden incident that occurred in 1982. At the time it was thought a foreign submarine of Soviet origin had violated Sweden鈥檚 territorial waters and an attempt to sink it was unsuccessful. The exact origin of this vessel remains unknown to this day.
Wallander finds himself embroiled in an investigation of missing Naval commander, H氓kan von Enke, whose opinions and beliefs about the H氓rsfj盲rden incident had been made known at the highest level. von Enke鈥檚 wife Louise also mysteriously disappears a few weeks later. What makes this more of a concern is that Wallander鈥檚 daughter Linda is living with the von Enke鈥檚 son, Hans with whom she has just had a daughter, Klara.
Deception, intrigue and espionage are around every corner in this final Wallander instalment, as is a very tangible sense of Wallander鈥檚 own vulnerability and fear of aging and everything that goes along with that. At sixty, Wallander experiences a number of things that cause him to confront his own mortality and purpose.
So, it is with a heavy heart that I farewell Kurt Wallander. The joy I have thought is the prospect of a reread of the series down the track to experience anew and perhaps differently this character that I have thoroughly enjoyed walking with.
5 stars all round.
November 3, 2016
I have loved this series, even though I've read them out of order. I love that they're a bit dark - Wallander is always a bit down, which to me seems totally logical in terms of the terrible crimes he's helping to solve. It's his personality, and I liked that about him. It was consistent throughout all of the books. But while I liked the mystery of this one, I seriously disliked the ending.
Throughout the book Mankell's gave hints that Wallander was losing his memory, but the last two sentences of the book are something about how "and he sinks into Alzheimer's and spends the rest of his life in a fog, only enjoying his daughter and grand-daughter." It was pretty crushing, I have to admit. I always had the higher hope that Wallander would endure to at least some sort of retired happiness, but Mankell really killed it. I know he had said he didn't want to bring Wallander back for another book, but it would have even been better if he killed him off in some noble way - saving a life or solving the ultimate crime or whatever. I was even fine with Baiba's reappearance and then death - they had their closure, and while Wallander missed her, he could still move on.
I can't believe that I'm letting the last two paragraphs of a 267 page book ruin it for me, but they did. I wish I hadn't read this so I could have let him retire and be happy in my mind.
Throughout the book Mankell's gave hints that Wallander was losing his memory, but the last two sentences of the book are something about how "and he sinks into Alzheimer's and spends the rest of his life in a fog, only enjoying his daughter and grand-daughter." It was pretty crushing, I have to admit. I always had the higher hope that Wallander would endure to at least some sort of retired happiness, but Mankell really killed it. I know he had said he didn't want to bring Wallander back for another book, but it would have even been better if he killed him off in some noble way - saving a life or solving the ultimate crime or whatever. I was even fine with Baiba's reappearance and then death - they had their closure, and while Wallander missed her, he could still move on.
I can't believe that I'm letting the last two paragraphs of a 267 page book ruin it for me, but they did. I wish I hadn't read this so I could have let him retire and be happy in my mind.
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September 23, 2012
Great read. Kurt Wallander is a wonderful character. So real with his vulnerabilities. His illnesses and his fear of death. He sees himself on a journey he can not turn around from nor can he change the final destination. He lives alone because of his obsession in solving cases leaves no time for anyone else, yet he dreams of a relationship with Baiba a former love interest. In his world he has a daughter and grand-daughter who love him but there is no one else. There is a detective story, a mystery of the disappearance of a Swedish couple, the paternal grandparents to Wallander's grand-daughter but this is secondary to Wallander's story and in a way his story is everyone's story as they grow old.
This was my first Wallander novel after seeing episodes of the BBC series. It is the last Wallander novel and not a good place to start unless you know about his past. I will read other novels but first I need to decompress from this intense story of people who seem so real I can see myself in them.
This was my first Wallander novel after seeing episodes of the BBC series. It is the last Wallander novel and not a good place to start unless you know about his past. I will read other novels but first I need to decompress from this intense story of people who seem so real I can see myself in them.
April 16, 2018
A good end to an amazing series. I admit that you can feel the end coming, but it wasn't 100% expected. Now we know Mankell's own life story was coming to a close, so it's fitting that Wallander was allowed to pass away in the world of fiction. But it's still heartbreaking that the wonderful series is done; never again to be in my "to-read" pile. Troubled Man had a few coincidences that annoyed me but nothing as bad as Before the Frost. Not bad enough to ruin the experience, but a crutch that Henning did not fall to in other novels. A must read for all fans of the series, all mystery fans should read the Wallander series.
November 22, 2017
E鈥� inquieto il commissario Wallander in quella che, da quanto ho intuito, 猫 la sua ultima avventura.
E鈥� un uomo spento, smemorato, sempre pi霉 grigio, nostalgico del passato e incurante della propria salute.
Ed 猫 inquieto il padre del suo genero, il capitano von Henke, comandate di sommergibili in pensione, che invita Wallander alla sua festa di compleanno e guarda in continuazione fuori dalla finestra, la postura tesa, lo sguardo guardingo e la mano in tasca, forse pronta a tirar fuori una pistola per difendersi. Da chi e perch茅?
Poi, Von Henke scompare. E la famiglia stessa di Wallander, figlia, nipote, genero, cade nel buio del mistero.
Wallander ha traslocato in una casetta fuori citt脿, dove la sua unica compagnia pare quella di Jussi, il suo fedele cane. Rimugina in continuazione, e non pare arrivare da nessuna parte. Finch猫 la moglie di Von Henke non viene ritrovata cadavere in un fossato, e la faccenda diventa ancora pi霉 seria.
Gi脿 conoscevo Mankell e ho sempre amato quell鈥檃tmosfera di tristezza, di nostalgia, unita al senso dell鈥檕nnipresente tensione, che caratterizza i suoi romanzi. Questo per貌 猫 davvero il pi霉 triste in assoluto. Mankell, solo, in caduta verso quello che pare un鈥檌mpietosa forma di Alzehimer, fa un po鈥� pena. Anche le donne che hanno fatto parte della sua vita ritornano in scena con un pesante fardello sulle spalle: Mona, l鈥檈x moglie, ormai diventata alcolizzata, e poi Baiba, ex amante, malata di cancro che poi finir脿 per morire in un incidente stradale.
Insomma, non c鈥櫭� proprio nulla per cui stare un poco allegri.
Quanto alla tensione c鈥櫭�, si sente, dall鈥檌nizio alla fine, rendendo il lettore inquieto quanto i personaggi. Ma l鈥檌ndagine 猫 flebile, l鈥檃zione scarsa, la risoluzione sciatta e con un colpo di scena in realt脿 prevedibile che di certo non fa brillare la storia.
Il finale, la chiusura del sipario su Wallander e sulle sue avventure, lascia un nodo alla gola e un po鈥� di piacevole amaro in bocca.
Mi sono ritrovata ad amare Wallander per diversi motivi, non per ultimo quel senso di tenerezza che suscita, quella voglia di abbracciarlo, di fargli compagnia, di appoggiargli una mano sulla spalla e di rassicuralo, dicendogli, come si pu貌 dire a un nonno o a un vecchio padre, che tutto andr脿 bene.
Tuttavia, 鈥淟鈥檜omo inquieto鈥� non 猫 memorabile come altri lavori dello stesso autore, primi fra tutti l鈥檌ndimenticabile 鈥淒elitto di mezza estate鈥�. Mi viene da pensare che Mankell stesso alla fin fine sia sia stancato del suo stesso personaggio, che non gli riusciva pi霉 con lo smalto di un tempo e che quindi appunto abbia voluto chiudere il sipario.
E鈥� un uomo spento, smemorato, sempre pi霉 grigio, nostalgico del passato e incurante della propria salute.
Ed 猫 inquieto il padre del suo genero, il capitano von Henke, comandate di sommergibili in pensione, che invita Wallander alla sua festa di compleanno e guarda in continuazione fuori dalla finestra, la postura tesa, lo sguardo guardingo e la mano in tasca, forse pronta a tirar fuori una pistola per difendersi. Da chi e perch茅?
Poi, Von Henke scompare. E la famiglia stessa di Wallander, figlia, nipote, genero, cade nel buio del mistero.
Wallander ha traslocato in una casetta fuori citt脿, dove la sua unica compagnia pare quella di Jussi, il suo fedele cane. Rimugina in continuazione, e non pare arrivare da nessuna parte. Finch猫 la moglie di Von Henke non viene ritrovata cadavere in un fossato, e la faccenda diventa ancora pi霉 seria.
Gi脿 conoscevo Mankell e ho sempre amato quell鈥檃tmosfera di tristezza, di nostalgia, unita al senso dell鈥檕nnipresente tensione, che caratterizza i suoi romanzi. Questo per貌 猫 davvero il pi霉 triste in assoluto. Mankell, solo, in caduta verso quello che pare un鈥檌mpietosa forma di Alzehimer, fa un po鈥� pena. Anche le donne che hanno fatto parte della sua vita ritornano in scena con un pesante fardello sulle spalle: Mona, l鈥檈x moglie, ormai diventata alcolizzata, e poi Baiba, ex amante, malata di cancro che poi finir脿 per morire in un incidente stradale.
Insomma, non c鈥櫭� proprio nulla per cui stare un poco allegri.
Quanto alla tensione c鈥櫭�, si sente, dall鈥檌nizio alla fine, rendendo il lettore inquieto quanto i personaggi. Ma l鈥檌ndagine 猫 flebile, l鈥檃zione scarsa, la risoluzione sciatta e con un colpo di scena in realt脿 prevedibile che di certo non fa brillare la storia.
Il finale, la chiusura del sipario su Wallander e sulle sue avventure, lascia un nodo alla gola e un po鈥� di piacevole amaro in bocca.
Mi sono ritrovata ad amare Wallander per diversi motivi, non per ultimo quel senso di tenerezza che suscita, quella voglia di abbracciarlo, di fargli compagnia, di appoggiargli una mano sulla spalla e di rassicuralo, dicendogli, come si pu貌 dire a un nonno o a un vecchio padre, che tutto andr脿 bene.
Tuttavia, 鈥淟鈥檜omo inquieto鈥� non 猫 memorabile come altri lavori dello stesso autore, primi fra tutti l鈥檌ndimenticabile 鈥淒elitto di mezza estate鈥�. Mi viene da pensare che Mankell stesso alla fin fine sia sia stancato del suo stesso personaggio, che non gli riusciva pi霉 con lo smalto di un tempo e che quindi appunto abbia voluto chiudere il sipario.
February 7, 2017
It's always a bit nostalgic to finish a series, but I can't say I'm sad saying good bye to Wallander because I started to dislike him a few books ago. While this book had a very interesting plot, it had many, many holes and it left quite a lot of unexplained things. It was also very exasperating to read so many convenient things that the author just put in there to make it easier for Wallander to discover the truth. Kurt has a question about the swedish navy and he just happens to have an old school friend who is an expert in that, although it's the first time we ever heard of him. Then he has a question about russian spies, and guess what? He ALSO happens to have a friend who was a russian desserter. Of course, this is the first time we learn about him and he disappears just as quickly as all the characters that Mankell includes just because he needs Wallander to know something.
And Kurt Wallander is just as annoying as ever. For instance, he decides to call Martinson on his free day, on a day where he is with his grandchildren and makes him come to his house right away, urgently, just to tell him something he could have easily told Martinsson over the phone. And don't get me started on Linda Wallander because I'm going to lose my cool ;)
Anyway, although it did have some highlights, I'm glad this series is over and I'm giving this book 2,5 stars.
And Kurt Wallander is just as annoying as ever. For instance, he decides to call Martinson on his free day, on a day where he is with his grandchildren and makes him come to his house right away, urgently, just to tell him something he could have easily told Martinsson over the phone. And don't get me started on Linda Wallander because I'm going to lose my cool ;)
Anyway, although it did have some highlights, I'm glad this series is over and I'm giving this book 2,5 stars.
January 30, 2013
I have had a problem with the last several Wallander books because of the inconsistencies between books, especially in events that took place between Kurt and his father. This book pretty much epitomizes this trend, and to boot has so many red herrings that instead of a plot its just a series of plot devices. Why would Eskil point out the hideaway on their trip back from the island? Why did Eskil give Wallander the cylinder? Who was in the submarine that was let "free" when Hakan was about to fire a depth charge? Who was the higher up that called it back? Who was the man who visited Signe, and why would he go there? (presumably it was the retired CIA agent, but what was his objective?) Why make Mona such a mess now? Wouldn't it have been better for the story/contrast between Kurt's inability to achieve intimacy so have her maintain a happy second marriage rather than have her a three time loser who is bitter and drinks too much? I am sorry to say I won't miss Kurt now that he is gone. Makell just took the reader experience for granted.
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April 18, 2011Depressing and not a good read if you happen to be a newly retired 62 year old man who has been determined in his life to find a happy ending to all eventualities. Wallander is depressed and depressing and the case he is pursuing is not very interesting for his last case...I could barely finish this book as I simply lost interest in Wallander as well as his case. This was a disappointing end to a brilliant series in a genre so capably handled by the gifted Henning Mankell.
January 17, 2012
i bid a sad farewell to kurt wallander. it's been wonderful eagerly reading thru all of his cases. more than ordinary police procedurals these novels are character driven stories, a look into the deeper issues of the changing social and political side of a modern sweden thru the eyes of a flawed and aging citizen obsessively searching for the truth.
May 5, 2014
It had been quite a while since I had checked in on Kurt Wallander, so the time seemed appropriate. I wondered if perhaps his creator, Henning Mankell, had allowed him to mellow out at all in the interim.
Early in the book, as the author was describing Wallander, I came across a sentence asserting that the Swedish policeman was, in fact, quite a cheerful person. I had to laugh out loud. If there is one adjective that could likely never be honestly applied to Kurt Wallander it is "cheerful."
As we meet Wallander in The Troubled Man, his life is in turmoil, as it almost always is, but there are new causes this time. He is turning sixty and staring mortality in the face. That frightens him. Plus, he is struggling with diabetes, having difficulty controlling his blood sugar. Most frighteningly of all, though, he is having memory lapses - memory blackouts, actually. He has instances of indeterminate length when he cannot remember what he is doing or why he is where he is.
During one of these blackouts, an incident occurs which results in his suspension from the police force for a period and is a foreshadowing of things to come. He goes out to eat one evening and leaves his service revolver in the restaurant when he goes home. The personnel there know him and they turn the gun in to the police station. An investigation ensues. Wallander cannot remember having the gun with him or leaving it in the restaurant.
While banished from his job, he attends the seventy-fifth birthday party of Hakan von Enke, who is the father of the man his daughter, Linda, lives with and has a daughter with. Soon after, von Enke, a retired high-ranking Swedish naval officer, vanishes during his daily walk. The disappearance is investigated by the Stockholm police, but because of Wallander's personal involvement with the family, he disregards normal procedure and conducts his own investigation.
Several weeks later, von Enke still has not been found and his wife, Louise, also disappears. There is no apparent motive for either disappearance and no clues to what has happened to them. The police are notably unsuccessful in resolving either case.
Wallander comes to believe that there is some kind of Cold War connection to these disappearances, that the couple might have been involved in espionage. He struggles to make sense of it all as he also struggles with his health issues and those periods of blackout that are coming more frequently.
There are other subplots, besides Wallander's health, to contend with as well. The most important women in his life - his ex-wife Mona and the love of his life, the Latvian widow Baiba - make appearances and complicate matters. They don't really add anything to the overall plot, except perhaps to serve to emphasize (if any more emphasis was really needed) Wallander's ambivalence and the uncertainty of his personal life. He is haunted by a past of unresolved relationships.
Indeed, the only bright spot in his life is that new granddaughter. He wants to live up to the hope which she represents, but he is forever dragged down by his essential moroseness and pessimism.
I, frankly, found this whole story a bit of a muddle. I couldn't really see the point of it, and, in the end, I sort of wished that I hadn't decided to check on Kurt Wallander again.
Early in the book, as the author was describing Wallander, I came across a sentence asserting that the Swedish policeman was, in fact, quite a cheerful person. I had to laugh out loud. If there is one adjective that could likely never be honestly applied to Kurt Wallander it is "cheerful."
As we meet Wallander in The Troubled Man, his life is in turmoil, as it almost always is, but there are new causes this time. He is turning sixty and staring mortality in the face. That frightens him. Plus, he is struggling with diabetes, having difficulty controlling his blood sugar. Most frighteningly of all, though, he is having memory lapses - memory blackouts, actually. He has instances of indeterminate length when he cannot remember what he is doing or why he is where he is.
During one of these blackouts, an incident occurs which results in his suspension from the police force for a period and is a foreshadowing of things to come. He goes out to eat one evening and leaves his service revolver in the restaurant when he goes home. The personnel there know him and they turn the gun in to the police station. An investigation ensues. Wallander cannot remember having the gun with him or leaving it in the restaurant.
While banished from his job, he attends the seventy-fifth birthday party of Hakan von Enke, who is the father of the man his daughter, Linda, lives with and has a daughter with. Soon after, von Enke, a retired high-ranking Swedish naval officer, vanishes during his daily walk. The disappearance is investigated by the Stockholm police, but because of Wallander's personal involvement with the family, he disregards normal procedure and conducts his own investigation.
Several weeks later, von Enke still has not been found and his wife, Louise, also disappears. There is no apparent motive for either disappearance and no clues to what has happened to them. The police are notably unsuccessful in resolving either case.
Wallander comes to believe that there is some kind of Cold War connection to these disappearances, that the couple might have been involved in espionage. He struggles to make sense of it all as he also struggles with his health issues and those periods of blackout that are coming more frequently.
There are other subplots, besides Wallander's health, to contend with as well. The most important women in his life - his ex-wife Mona and the love of his life, the Latvian widow Baiba - make appearances and complicate matters. They don't really add anything to the overall plot, except perhaps to serve to emphasize (if any more emphasis was really needed) Wallander's ambivalence and the uncertainty of his personal life. He is haunted by a past of unresolved relationships.
Indeed, the only bright spot in his life is that new granddaughter. He wants to live up to the hope which she represents, but he is forever dragged down by his essential moroseness and pessimism.
I, frankly, found this whole story a bit of a muddle. I couldn't really see the point of it, and, in the end, I sort of wished that I hadn't decided to check on Kurt Wallander again.
November 27, 2012
"E 茅 tudo. A hist贸ria de Kurt Wallander termina irrevogavelmente. Os anos de vida que ainda lhe restam, talvez dez, talvez alguns mais pertencem-lhe, a ele e a Linda, a ele e a Klara. A mais ningu茅m."
脡 com estas palavras que termina "Um Homem Inquieto", o 11 潞 livro que leio do autor sueco Henning Mankell. Foi com um prazer enorme, e alguma tristeza tamb茅m, que li o 煤ltimo livro da s茅rie do incompar谩vel policia de Ystad, Kurt Wallander.
Henning Mankell 茅, para mim, o melhor escritor, ponto final.
Como tal, n茫o irei fazer um coment谩rio como os outros. Nada do que eu possa dizer sobre este autor poder谩 igualar a qualidade e genialidade da sua escrita. Por isso, nada melhor do que as suas pr贸prias palavras para comprovar a pessoa magnifica que se encontra por detr谩s desta hist贸ria.
Uma hist贸ria sobre politica, submarinos e espi玫es. Uma hist贸ria sobre as pessoas, a vida e a morte. Uma hist贸ria de Henning Mankell.
Aqui ficam algumas das passagens que mais me marcaram.
"Como numa boa pe莽a de teatro para criar mais tens茫o, o protagonista n茫o deve estar sempre em cena; a intriga s贸 tem a ganhar se algumas cenas se desenrolarem nos bastidores." Hakan Von Enke
"N茫o queria s贸 imitar os peixes, mas tamb茅m os p谩ssaros." Kurt Wallander
"Ou seria a barafunda natural e a ordem o desvio?" Kurt Wallander
"H谩 pessoas que v茫o deixando pistas falsas delas pr贸prias.A abertura e a acessibilidade s茫o uma esp茅cie de cadeado invis铆vel com que encerram uma realidade de que n茫o t锚m o menor desejo de colocar a descoberto." Kurt Wallander
"Vivemos a vida com um fundo duplo, provavelmente para n茫o nos afundarmos se um deles se abrir debaixo dos nossos p茅s." Kurt Wallander
"Ela vive num mundo em que pouco ou nada muda, a n茫o ser o envelhecimento, esse movimento invis铆vel que todos sofremos." Mulher de voz melodiosa e sotaque estrangeiro.
"Foi ai que tudo come莽ou. Come莽ou com um homem inquieto." Kurt Wallander
"A hist贸ria n茫o 茅 s贸 o que deixamos para tr谩s, mas 茅 tamb茅m algo que nos vai acompanhando ao longo da vida." Kurt Wallander
"Pensamos que as pessoas desaparecem para sempre, at茅 que um dia acordamos e compreendemos que nunca 茅 tarde demais.As pessoas que significam alguma coisa para n贸s nunca saem completamente da nossa vida." Baiba Liepa
"E a pergunta, a mais dif铆cil de todas, 茅 o que restar谩 de tudo isto." Kurt Wallander
"E brindarei porque, apesar de tudo, tive a oportunidade de viver a aventura maravilhosa de nascer, viver e um dia voltar para as sombras." Baiba Liepa
"脡 que nunca devemos julgar que sabemos muito sobre os pensamentos e as inten莽玫es dos outros." Kurt Wallander
"E falar-lhe-ei do dia em que decidi mudar o mundo, mesmo que tenha sido apenas por gravar as minhas iniciais num muro de pedra." Kurt Wallander
"Felizmente as nossas mem贸rias n茫o nos transparecem na cara." Kurt Wallander
"N茫o h谩 nada que possamos tomar por certo." Kurt Wallander
"Neste mundo as explica莽玫es simples n茫o existem e a verdade pode muito bem ser o contr谩rio daquilo que acreditamos." Kurt Wallander
脡 com estas palavras que termina "Um Homem Inquieto", o 11 潞 livro que leio do autor sueco Henning Mankell. Foi com um prazer enorme, e alguma tristeza tamb茅m, que li o 煤ltimo livro da s茅rie do incompar谩vel policia de Ystad, Kurt Wallander.
Henning Mankell 茅, para mim, o melhor escritor, ponto final.
Como tal, n茫o irei fazer um coment谩rio como os outros. Nada do que eu possa dizer sobre este autor poder谩 igualar a qualidade e genialidade da sua escrita. Por isso, nada melhor do que as suas pr贸prias palavras para comprovar a pessoa magnifica que se encontra por detr谩s desta hist贸ria.
Uma hist贸ria sobre politica, submarinos e espi玫es. Uma hist贸ria sobre as pessoas, a vida e a morte. Uma hist贸ria de Henning Mankell.
Aqui ficam algumas das passagens que mais me marcaram.
"Como numa boa pe莽a de teatro para criar mais tens茫o, o protagonista n茫o deve estar sempre em cena; a intriga s贸 tem a ganhar se algumas cenas se desenrolarem nos bastidores." Hakan Von Enke
"N茫o queria s贸 imitar os peixes, mas tamb茅m os p谩ssaros." Kurt Wallander
"Ou seria a barafunda natural e a ordem o desvio?" Kurt Wallander
"H谩 pessoas que v茫o deixando pistas falsas delas pr贸prias.A abertura e a acessibilidade s茫o uma esp茅cie de cadeado invis铆vel com que encerram uma realidade de que n茫o t锚m o menor desejo de colocar a descoberto." Kurt Wallander
"Vivemos a vida com um fundo duplo, provavelmente para n茫o nos afundarmos se um deles se abrir debaixo dos nossos p茅s." Kurt Wallander
"Ela vive num mundo em que pouco ou nada muda, a n茫o ser o envelhecimento, esse movimento invis铆vel que todos sofremos." Mulher de voz melodiosa e sotaque estrangeiro.
"Foi ai que tudo come莽ou. Come莽ou com um homem inquieto." Kurt Wallander
"A hist贸ria n茫o 茅 s贸 o que deixamos para tr谩s, mas 茅 tamb茅m algo que nos vai acompanhando ao longo da vida." Kurt Wallander
"Pensamos que as pessoas desaparecem para sempre, at茅 que um dia acordamos e compreendemos que nunca 茅 tarde demais.As pessoas que significam alguma coisa para n贸s nunca saem completamente da nossa vida." Baiba Liepa
"E a pergunta, a mais dif铆cil de todas, 茅 o que restar谩 de tudo isto." Kurt Wallander
"E brindarei porque, apesar de tudo, tive a oportunidade de viver a aventura maravilhosa de nascer, viver e um dia voltar para as sombras." Baiba Liepa
"脡 que nunca devemos julgar que sabemos muito sobre os pensamentos e as inten莽玫es dos outros." Kurt Wallander
"E falar-lhe-ei do dia em que decidi mudar o mundo, mesmo que tenha sido apenas por gravar as minhas iniciais num muro de pedra." Kurt Wallander
"Felizmente as nossas mem贸rias n茫o nos transparecem na cara." Kurt Wallander
"N茫o h谩 nada que possamos tomar por certo." Kurt Wallander
"Neste mundo as explica莽玫es simples n茫o existem e a verdade pode muito bem ser o contr谩rio daquilo que acreditamos." Kurt Wallander
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