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    The rock blaster / Henning Mankell ; translated from the Swedish by George Goulding.
    by Mankell, Henning, 1948-2015.
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    Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC, 2020.
    Call #:FICTION MAN
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  • Sweden -- Fiction.
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    9780525566168 (trade pbk.)
    Uniform title: 
    Bergsprängaren. English
    Description: 
    xiii, 176 p. : map ; 21 cm.
    Notes: 
    "A Vintage Books original."
    "Originally published in Sweden as Bergsprängaren by Forfattarforlaget, Stockholm, in 1973."--T.p. verso.
    Translated from the Swedish.
    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.
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    Historical fiction.
    Swedish fiction -- Translations into English.
    Other authors: 
    Goulding, George (Translator).
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