The rock blaster

Author

Henning Mankell

Call Number

• FICTION MANK (CEN)

Languages

Translated from the Swedish.

Publication Information

New York : Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.

Physical Description

xiii, 176 pages : map ; 21 cm

Summary

"The year is 1911. The young rock blaster Oskar Johansson has been killed in an accident. Or so it says in the local newspaper. In spite of serious injuries, however, Oskar survives. Decades later, Oskar looks back and reflects on his working life as an invalid, his marriage, his dreams, and his hopes. Oskar's life is woven together out of fragments of voices, images, and episodes that, taken together, provide a sharp and precise picture of life in Sweden for the working class."--Publisher's description.

Notes

"A Vintage Books original."

"Originally published in Sweden as Bergsprängaren by Författarförlaget, Stockholm, in 1973."--Title page verso.