Kjell Westo

Broschiertes Buch

The Wednesday Club

Beschreibung

An award-winning literary thriller of redemption and revenge, set in 1930s Helsinki, with Europe on the brink of war

Autor

Born in 1961, Kjell Westö lives in Helsinki. He made his literary debut in 1986, and since then has published poetry, collections of short stories, and novels. His five great novels set in Helsinki in the twentieth century have established him as a leading name among today's Swedish-language writers in Finland. His international breakthrough came in 2006 with the novel Där vi en gang gått (Where Once We Walked), which was translated into most major European languages and for which he was awarded the Finlandia Prize, Finland's most prestigious literary prize. His novel Hägring 38 ( The Wednesday Club) was awarded the Nordic Council award 2014.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: MacLehose Press / Quercus
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 215mm x 134mm x 32mm
• Gewicht: 372g
• ISBN-13: 9780857053510
• ISBN-10: 0857053515
• Artikelnr.: 42487667

Rezensionen

Thoughtful and knowledgeable . . . An interesting and instructive book Jessica Mann Literary Review.