OL14970115W Page_number_confidence 92.68 Pages 330 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.14 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20210705153414 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 519 Scandate 20210702154349 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781595580771 Tts_version 4. Rumors of an underground army of revolutionaries wearing leopard skins warn him that the truce is in danger of rupturing.Īlternating between Hans's years in Africa and those in Sweden, The Eye of the Leopard is a bravura achievement and a study in contrasts-black and white, poor and wealthy, Africa and Europe-both sinister and elegiac.Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 10:03:40 Associated-names Murray, Steven T Boxid IA40167623 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier Interweaving past and present, Sweden and Zambia, The Eye of the Leopard draws on bestselling author Henning Mankells deep understanding of the two worlds he has inhabited for over twenty years.Hans Olofson lived through a tough childhood. But he never fully comes to understand his place as a mzungu, a wealthy white man among native blacks, and the fragile truce between them. The Eye of the Leopard by Henning Mankell 3.8 (12) Paperback (Reprint) 15.00 Hardcover 26.95 Paperback 15.00 eBook 20.49 Audiobook 0. Africa is a terrible shock, yet he stays and makes it his home. He is also fleeing the traumas of his motherless childhood: his father's alcoholism, his best friend's terrible accident, Janice's death, his fear of an ordinary and stifled fate. When he loses his girlfriend in tragic circumstances, he decides to fulfil her dream: to visit the grave of a legendary missionary in Zambia.
Hans Olofson arrives in Zambia not long after independence, hoping to fulfill the missionary dream of his friend Janice. ‘Absorbing, chilling and dripping with evil atmosphere’ The TimesSince his mother’s disappearance, Hans Olofson has led an isolated life. Interweaving past and present, Sweden and Zambia, The Eye of the Leopard draws on bestselling author Henning Mankell's deep understanding of the two worlds he has inhabited for more than twenty years. Interweaving past and present, Sweden and Zambia, rich and poor, The Eye of the Leopard is a stunning novel from a modern master.
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