Henning Mankell
Henning Mankell
Henning Georg Mankellwas a Swedish crime writer, children's author, and dramatist, best known for a series of mystery novels starring his most noted creation, Inspector Kurt Wallander. He also wrote a number of plays and screenplays for television...
NationalitySwedish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth3 February 1948
CountrySweden
defeats desires dreams fact turn
What differentiates us from animals is the fact that we can listen to other people's dreams, fears, joys, sorrows, desires and defeats - and they in turn can listen to ours.
african hell love problems side
Too often we learn everything about how an African dies, but nothing about how he lives. But they learn and live and love and dream just like we do. That's not to say there are not a hell of a lot of problems in Africa. But there is also another side to that story.
paradise doe hell
I know paradise has many gates, just as hell does. One has to learn to distinguish between them, or one is lost.
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We don't have time to argue. Nobody has time.
mistake information-knowledge people
Many people make the mistake of confusing information with knowledge. They are not the same thing. Knowledge involves the interpretation of information. Knowledge involves listening.
branches life-is abyss
Life is a flimsy branch over an abyss.
technology important cyberspace
I am fascinated by all the new technology that creates places for us to meet in what is called cyberspace. I understand what it must have meant for the rebellions in the 19th century, especially in 1830 and 1848, when the mass circulated newspaper became so important for the spreading of information.
lists answers novel
When someone asks me to list the 10 best novels ever written, I always refuse to answer.
humiliation polite
He was so excessively polite that Wallendar suspected he had endured many humiliations in his life.