Quicksand : Quicksand: What It Means to Be a Human Being

Praise for Henning Mankell's Quicksand

"Surely one of the most moving and intriguing farewell notes ever written. . . . Intensely beautiful in its spirit." --Alexander McCall Smith, New Statesman

"An extraordinary book. . . . Profoundly moving." --The Guardian

"Quicksand defines life not by its ending but by the creative and humanitarian content that filled--and fulfilled--Mankell's life. . . . The essays sharpen with resounding poignancy." --Financial Times

"An extremely moving swansong. . . . The reader realizes that Mankell has never really been driven by anger but by the tiny, fragile hope that his words and deeds will help in the fight for a fairer world." --The Independent (London)

"[An] absorbing addition to the work of Sweden's most internationally famous writer since August Strindberg. . . . Quicksand, a hybrid of essay and memoir, reflects knowledgeably on art, religion, childhood, and the 'final insensibility' that is our dying. Rarely has a writer contemplated the mystery of the end of life with such a wide-ranging curiosity." --London Evening Standard

"Uplifting and, as a memoir, as unusual a creation as [Mankell's] Nordic detective, Kurt Wallander." --GQ (London)

"Elegant, unflinching." --Publishers Weekly (starred review)