Depths (novel)
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| Depths | |
| Author | Henning Mankell |
|---|---|
| Original title | Djup |
| Translator | Laurie Thompson |
| Country | Sweden |
| Language | Swedish |
| Genre(s) | Novel |
| Publisher | Harvill Secker |
| Publication date | 2004 |
| Media type | Print (Hardcover, Paperback) |
| ISBN | ISBN 1843432633 (Eng. trans.) |
Depths is a 2004 novel by Swedish writer Henning Mankell.
Set in 1914, the novel concerns a naval engineer Lars Tobiasson-Svartman, a depth-sounder on board the destroyer Svea charged with finding a navigable channel through the Stockholm archipelago. During the voyage Svartman alights on a barren skerry, and discovers a young woman there, Sara. Despite her feral nature, something about her strikes him to his core and, even when he has returned to Stockholm, he finds himself compelled to go back to the island.
