THE WRATH OF FIRE - Mankell, Henning Debols! Ment
Synopsis
The "Trilogy of Fire" consists of three books that the famous Swedish author, known for its commitment to Mozambique, dedicated to Sofia, a girl of 12 years whom he met around 1995 in the African country. He wrote his first book, followed by another in 2001 and a final in 2007. Mankell perfectly explains the origin of these volumes in the preface to the third: "It's been ten years since I first talked to Sofia, the African girl. That book was called The secret of fire and Sofia was how Maria lost her sister who lost both his legs in a horrific accident with a landmine. They were very young, nine, ten years, and were running down a path when Sofia stepped on a mine accidentally exploded and destroyed his body and killed Maria. "A few years later I wrote again about Sofia and her family. The second book is called Playing with fire and recounted the time when Sofia fell in love for the first time in his life. It also was the despair felt when one sister, Rosa, died of AIDS. Then promised to write another story about Sofia. It has been five years since. Not much time but a lot has happened in both my life and the life of Sofia. And now when I feel that now is the time to write another book about Sofia. " Indeed, the wrath of the fire is Sofia's adult life. Armando is married and has three children. All paracer do well when Armando begins to return home later and later at night, and although the service station revenues are scarce, has new clothes. However, Sofia and the three children receive no walks. When Sofia worst suspicions are confirmed, the deception is a fact. Instead of swallowing the anger, Sofia decides to go his own way. But the price will be high # for all.
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