Henning Mankell Books
Shadows in the twilight
Continues the story of Joel, now nearly twelve, who lives with his father in a small town in Sweden in 1957, when Joel is run over by a bus and survives without a scratch, then sets out to do a goo...
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A bridge to the stars
In Sweden in 1956, eleven-year-old Joel and his father, a logger who was once a sailor, live alone with their secrets, including Joel's secret society that meets at night and his father's new roman...
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A Bridge to the Stars
This poignant novel explores how a unilateral decision can change a life.Two things are hard for Joel Gustafson to cope with: not knowing why, and not being able to do anything about it. Joel’s fat...
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After the Fire
Henning Mankell's last novel, about an aging man whose quiet, solitary life on an isolated island off the coast of Sweden is turned upside down when his house catches fire. Fredrik Welin is a forme...
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