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Treacherous paradise: a novel

Cold and poverty define Hanna Renström's childhood in remote northern Sweden, and in 1905, at nineteen, she boards a ship for Australia in hope of a better life. But none of her hopes--or fears--prepares her for the life she will lead. After two brief marriages, she finds herself a widow twice over, and the owner of a bordello in Portuguese East Africa, a world where colonialism and white supremacy rule, where she is isolated within society by her profession and her sex, and, among the bordello's black prostitutes, by her color. As Hanna's story unfurls over the next several years, we watch her in this "treacherous paradise," as she wrestles with a constant, wrenching loneliness and with the racism she's meant to unthinkingly adopt. And as her life becomes increasingly intertwined with the prostitutes, she moves inexorably toward the moment when she will make a decision that defies every expectation society has of her, and, more important, those she has of herself.

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  • "Minnet av en smutsig ängel"@it

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  • "Cold and poverty define Hanna Renström's childhood in remote northern Sweden, and in 1905, at nineteen, she boards a ship for Australia in hope of a better life. But none of her hopes--or fears--prepares her for the life she will lead. After two brief marriages, she finds herself a widow twice over, and the owner of a bordello in Portuguese East Africa, a world where colonialism and white supremacy rule, where she is isolated within society by her profession and her sex, and, among the bordello's black prostitutes, by her color. As Hanna's story unfurls over the next several years, we watch her in this "treacherous paradise," as she wrestles with a constant, wrenching loneliness and with the racism she's meant to unthinkingly adopt. And as her life becomes increasingly intertwined with the prostitutes, she moves inexorably toward the moment when she will make a decision that defies every expectation society has of her, and, more important, those she has of herself."@en
  • "Cold and poverty define Hanna Renström's childhood in remote northern Sweden, and in 1904, at nineteen, she boards a ship for Australia in hope of a better life. But none of her hopes -- or fears -- prepares her for the life she will lead. After two brief marriages, she finds herself a widow twice over, and the owner of a bordello in Portuguese East Africa, a world where colonialism and white supremacy rule, where she is isolated within society by her profession and her gender, and, among the bordello's black prostitutes, by her color. As Hanna's story unfurls over the next several years in this "treacherous paradise," she wrestles with a constant, wrenching loneliness and with the racism she's meant to unthinkingly adopt. And as her life becomes increasingly intertwined with the prostitutes', she moves inexorably toward the moment when she will make a decision that defies every expectation society has of her, and, more important, those she has of herself."@en
  • "Schweden, Anfang 20. Jahrhundert: Die junge mittellose Hanna muss als älteste von fünf Geschwistern ihr Heimatland verlassen und kommt in die portugiesische Kolonie Mocambique. Sie wird dort ein Vermögen erben, ein Bordell leiten und einige Jahre später spurlos wieder verschwinden. Auf der Grundlage weniger überlieferter Dokumente hat Bestsellerautor Henning Mankell einen spannenden, farbenprächtigen Roman über eine außergewöhnliche Frau geschrieben, die ihren eigenen Weg zwischen den weißen Rassisten und der schwarzen Bevölkerung in Afrika finden muss."
  • "Cold and poverty define Hanna Renstrom's childhood in remote northern Sweden, and in 1905, at nineteen, she boards a ship for Australia in hope of a better life. But nothing prepares her for the life she will lead. After two brief marriages, she finds herself the owner of a bordello in Portuguese East Africa. As Hanna's story unfurls over the next several years, we watch her in this "treacherous paradise," as she wrestles with a wrenching loneliness and with the racism she's meant to unthinkingly adopt. And as her life becomes increasingly intertwined with the prostitutes, she moves inexorably toward the moment when she will make a decision that defies every expectation society has of her, and, more important, those she has of herself."@en
  • "Cold and poverty define Hanna Renstrom's childhood in remote northern Sweden, and in 1905, at nineteen, she boards a ship for Australia in hope of a better life. But nothing prepares her for the life she will lead. After two brief marriages, she finds herself the owner of a bordello in Portuguese East Africa. As Hanna's story unfurls over the next several years, we watch her in this "treacherous paradise," as she wrestles with a wrenching loneliness and with the racism she's meant to unthinkingly adopt. And as her life becomes increasingly intertwined with the prostitutes, she moves inexorably toward the moment when she will make a decision that defies every expectation society has of her, and, more important, those she has of herself."
  • "In order to escape brutal poverty Hanna Lundmark flees her home in Sweden to work as a cook on a ship bound for Australia. On board she falls in love and marries the ship's mate who dies tragically on the voyage. Griefstricken, Hanna jumps ship at the African port town of Lourenðco Marques in Mozambique, where a series of events leads to her becoming the owner of a brothel. However, racial tensions in the town are high between the white settlers and native Africans and life for Hanna is not easy."@en
  • "In order to escape brutal poverty Hanna Lundmark flees her home in Sweden to work as a cook on a ship bound for Australia. On board she falls in love and marries the ship's mate who dies tragically on the voyage. Griefstricken, Hanna jumps ship at the African port town of Lourenðco Marques in Mozambique, where a series of events leads to her becoming the owner of a brothel. However, racial tensions in the town are high between the white settlers and native Africans and life for Hanna is not easy."
  • ""Under a rotten floor of a room in Hotel Africa, a man finds an old notebook. The cover shows ""Hanna Lundmark, 1905"". In 1904, a century before that rare find, a woman living in a province of Norrland, wishes for the eldest daughter, Hanna, a better life. She is sent to Sundsvall. They are the adventures of this young woman that ignores where the next step will take her"--amazon.com"
  • "La quatrième de couverture indique : "Le froid et la misère ont marqué l'enfance de Hanna Renström dans un hameau au nord de la Suède. En avril 1904, à l'âge de dix-huit ans, elle s'embarque sur un vapeur en partance pour l'Australie dans l'espoir d'une vie meilleure. Pourtant aucune de ses attentes - ou de ses craintes - ne la prépare à son destin. Deux fois mariée brièvement, deux fois veuve, elle se retrouve à la tête d'une grosse fortune et d'un bordel au Mozambique, dans l'Afrique orientale portugaise. Elle se sent seule en tant que femme au sein d'une société coloniale régie par la suprématie machiste des Blancs, seule de par la couleur de sa peau parmi les prostituées noires, seule face à la ségrégation, au racisme, à la haine, et à la peur de l'autre qui habite les Blancs comme les Noirs, et qui définit tout rapport humain. Ce paradis loin de son village natal n'est-il qu'un monde de ténèbres ?""
  • "Cold and poverty define Hanna Renström's childhood in remote northern Sweden, and in 1904, at nineteen, she boards a ship for Australia in hope of a better life. But none of her hopes, or fears, prepares her for the life she will lead. After two brief marriages, she finds herself a widow twice over, and the owner of a bordello in Portuguese East Africa, a world where colonialism and white supremacy rule, where she is isolated within society by her profession and her gender, and, among the bordello's black prostitutes, by her color. As Hanna's story unfurls over the next several years in this "treacherous paradise," she wrestles with a constant, wrenching loneliness and with the racism she's meant to unthinkingly adopt. And as her life becomes increasingly intertwined with the prostitutes', she moves inexorably toward the moment when she will make a decision that defies every expectation society has of her, and, more important, those she has of herself."
  • "Cold and poverty define Hanna Renstrom's childhood in remote northern Sweden, and in 1905, at nineteen, she boards a ship for Australia in hope of a better life. But none of her hopes--or fears--prepares her for the life she will lead. After two brief marriages, she finds herself a widow twice over, and the owner of a bordello in Portuguese East Africa, a world where colonialism and white supremacy rule, where she is isolated within society by her profession and her sex, and, among the bordello's black prostitutes, by her color. As Hanna's story unfurls over the next several years, we watch her in this "treacherous paradise," as she wrestles with a constant, wrenching loneliness and with the racism she's meant to unthinkingly adopt. And as her life becomes increasingly intertwined with the prostitutes, she moves inexorably toward the moment when she will make a decision that defies every expectation society has of her, and, more important, those she has of herself."@en
  • "Cold and poverty define Hanna Renstrom's childhood in remote northern Sweden, and in 1905, at nineteen, she boards a ship for Australia in hope of a better life. But none of her hopes--or fears--prepares her for the life she will lead. After two brief marriages, she finds herself a widow twice over, and the owner of a bordello in Portuguese East Africa, a world where colonialism and white supremacy rule, where she is isolated within society by her profession and her sex, and, among the bordello's black prostitutes, by her color. As Hanna's story unfurls over the next several years, we watch her in this "treacherous paradise," as she wrestles with a constant, wrenching loneliness and with the racism she's meant to unthinkingly adopt. And as her life becomes increasingly intertwined with the prostitutes, she moves inexorably toward the moment when she will make a decision that defies every expectation society has of her, and, more important, those she has of herself."
  • "Een in armoede opgegroeid Noord-Zweeds meisje vertrekt in 1905 met een stoomschip naar Australië. Zij raakt verliefd op de stuurman, maar hun geluk duurt maar kort."
  • ""En enero de 2002, bajo el entarimado medio podrido de una habitación del antaño lujoso Africa Hotel, en la ciudad mozambiqueña de Beira, un hombre encuentra un viejo cuaderno; en la tapa lee un nombre y una fecha: "Hanna Lundmark, 1905", pero el cuaderno está escrito en una lengua que desconoce. En 1904, casi un siglo antes de ese extraño hallazgo, una mujer del interior de Suecia desea para su primogénita, Hanna, una vida mejor, y decide enviarla a casa de unos parientes que viven en la costa. Comienzan entonces las peripecias de esa joven valerosa cuyos pasos la llevan a enrolarse como cocinera en un barco que parte rumbo a Australia. Sin embargo, antes de llegar a su destino, Hanna desembarcará en Lourenco Marques (antiguo nombre de Maputo) y, enferma, recalará en O Paraiso, el burdel más famoso de la región. Poco sospecha que acabaráregentando el prostíbulo, poblado por seres variopintos como su propietario, el Senhor Vaz, el despiadado bóer Fredrik Prinsloo, mujeres como Felicia o Belinda Bonita, o el chimpancé Carlos"--cover p. 4."
  • "Schweden, Anfang 20. Jahrhundert: Die junge mittellose Hanna muss als älteste von fünf Geschwistern ihr Heimatland verlassen und kommt in die portugiesische Kolonie Mocambique. Sie wird dort ein Vermögen erben, ein Bordell leiten und einige Jahre später spurlos wieder verschwinden. Auf der Grundlage weniger überlieferter Dokumente hat Bestsellerautor Henning Mankell einen spannenden, farbenprächtigen Roman über eine aussergewöhnliche Frau geschrieben, die ihren eigenen Weg zwischen den weissen Rassisten und der schwarzen Bevölkerung in Afrika finden muss."

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  • "Livres numériques"
  • "Romans (teksten)"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Large type books"
  • "Large type books"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"@en
  • "Suspense fiction"
  • "Historische Romane und Erzählungen"
  • "Popular literature"
  • "Ausgabe"
  • "Powieść szwedzka"@pl
  • "Roman suédois"
  • "Downloadable e-Books"@en
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "Erzählende Literatur: Gegenwartsliteratur ab 1945"
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  • "Un paradis trompeur roman"
  • "Un Àngel impur"@ca
  • "Un paradis trompeur"
  • "Erinnerung an einen schmutzigen Engel Roman"
  • "Minnet av en smutsig ängel"
  • "Erinnerung an einen schmutzigen Engel : Roman"
  • "Mindet om en snavset engel : roman"@da
  • "Geschiedenis van een gevallen engel"
  • "Un Paradis Trompeur"
  • "Ricordi di un angelo sporco"@it
  • "Ricordi di un angelo sporco"
  • "Wspomnienia brudnego anioła"@pl
  • "Wspomnienia brudnego anioła"
  • "The treacherous paradise"
  • "Un àngel impur"
  • "De geschiedenis van een gevallen engel"
  • "Treacherous paradise: a novel"@en
  • "A treacherous paradise"
  • "A treacherous paradise"@en
  • "Erinerrung an einen schmutzigen Engel"
  • "Un paradis trompeur : roman"
  • "Un ángel impuro"@es
  • "Un ángel impuro"
  • "Un Ángel Impuro"

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