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Originally posted by Zoid
We all do it. It's a swedish thing
Like fermented fish, only non-threatening.
I do enjoy the Wallander books, like Ruth Rendell through a Bergman filter.
I liked 'Blackwater' too. SBS in Australia used to show a lot of Swedish films (with subtitles). I think there's a sizeable Swedish population in Melbourne.
Even Marylebone in London has its MiniGotland, on Crawford Street- you can find a Swedish restaurant and deli, et cetera.
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Originally posted by Kuken
I'm half way into it (almost 400 pages) and I can't say a whole lot has happened so far, well much has happened but the plot hasn't gone far.. But I agree with Imran, I love the world and the characters.
It's a good book in my opinion... not quite the great book it's made out to be, but the writing style in itself gives it some value IMO. If you like the dickensian writing style anyhow
Others you could like include Stephen Brust's Phoenix Guards et al (http://www.amazon.com/Phoenix-Guards...1208315&sr=1-1 and others) , which are actually later books related to another series he wrote, but those are written in a style similar to The Three Musketeers or such. Pure fantasy. Also, the Chaos series (http://www.amazon.com/Orphans-Chaos-...57/ref=ed_oe_p and others) by John C. Wright, about ancient greek/roman mythology intersecting with modern-day England...
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I do enjoy the Wallander books, like Ruth Rendell through a Bergman filter.
I liked 'Blackwater' too. SBS in Australia used to show a lot of Swedish films (with subtitles). I think there's a sizeable Swedish population in Melbourne.
Even Marylebone in London has its MiniGotland, on Crawford Street- you can find a Swedish restaurant and deli, et cetera.
Originally posted by snoopy369
If you like the dickensian writing style anyhow
It shares more with Jane Austin I find in terms of its writing. Not surprising since Clarke mentions her as one of her favs. The footnotes are some of the treasures of the book, though.
I'd consider it to be that rare class of novel known as literature, frankly.
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Ah, yes. Great writer. Has a name one shouldn't think was difficult to pronounce, but it seems all we Norwegians do. I found out of it after my dad had him in a show of his. My dad introduced him as Henning Mankell, with the weight on "ell", as would be right over here. Mankell then looked at him and said: "Uh, it's Mankell", with the weight on "an[n]".
Swedes/Swedish.
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Ah, yes. Great writer. Has a name one shouldn't think was difficult to pronounce, but it seems all we Norwegians do. I found out of it after my dad had him in a show of his. My dad introduced him as Henning Mankell, with the weight on "ell", as would be right over here. Mankell then looked at him and said: "Uh, it's Mankell", with the weight on "an[n]".
Do not fear, for I am with you; Do not anxiously look about you, for I am your God.-Isaiah 41:10 I praise you because I am fearfully and wonderfully made - Psalms 139.14a
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