Henning Georg Mankell (Swedish pronunciation: [²hɛnːɪŋ ¹maŋːkɛl]; 3 February 1948 – 5 October 2015) was 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.
He was a left-wing social critic and activist. In his books and plays he constantly highlighted social inequality issues and injustices in Sweden and abroad. In 2010, Mankell was on board one of the ships in the Gaza Freedom Flotilla that was boarded by Israeli military forces. He was below deck when eight or nine people were shot.
Mankell shared his time between Sweden and countries in Africa, mostly Mozambique where he started a theatre. He made considerable donations to charity organizations, mostly connected to Africa.
Hannas opvækst er præget af kulde, sult og fattigdom. Skæbnen fører hende om bord på et dampskib på vej til Australien. Her arbejder hun som kok side om side med sin mand, som er styrmand. Ud for den afrikanske østkyst dør ægtemanden af en tropesygdom, og Hanna havner i kolonien Mozambique som ejer af et stort bordel. Selv betragter hun sig blot som en kvinde blandt kvinder, og hun er fuld af medfølelse for de prostituerede og deres elendighed. Men de sorte kvinder ser hende som en repræsentant for de hvide koloniherrer og vil ikke vide af hendes forsøg på at komme dem nær. Skridt for skridt må Hanna ændre sig og vokse ind i en ny, uventet rolle.
MINDET OM EN SNAVSET ENGEL tager udgangspunkt i en virkelig person, og Henning Mankell fylder fragmenterne ud og fortæller den fascinerende historie med et skarpt blik for kolonialismen og racismen, og især for tidens hårrejsende kvindesyn - ikke mindst når det gælder den sorte kvinde.
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