Harbour_John_Ajvide_Lindqvist
2012 Nominated

Harbour

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ABOUT
THE BOOK

It was a beautiful winter’s day. Anders, his wife and their feisty six-year-old, Maja, set out across the ice of the Swedish archipelago to visit the lighthouse on Gavasten. There was no one around, so they let her go on ahead. And she disappeared, seemingly into thin air, and was never found. Two years later, Anders is a broken alcoholic, his life ruined. He returns to the archipelago, the home of his childhood and his family. But all he finds are Maja’s toys and through the haze of memory, loss and alcohol, he realizes that someone – or something – is trying to communicate with him. Soon enough, his return sets in motion a series of horrifying events which exposes a mysterious and troubling relationship between the inhabitants of the remote island and the sea. (From Publisher)

ABOUT
THE AUTHOR John
Ajvide Lindqvist

ABOUT
THE TRANSLATOR Marlaine
Delargy

Marlaine Delargy works as a translator and adult learning support tutor. She has translated novels by Asa Larsson and Johan Theorin, among others, and serves on the editorial board of theĀ Swedish Book Review. She lives in Shropshire, England.

Marlaine Delargy works as a translator and adult learning support tutor. She has translated novels by Asa Larsson and Johan Theorin, among others, and serves on the editorial board of theĀ Swedish Book Review. She lives in Shropshire, England.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Country
Sweden
Original Language
Swedish
Publisher
Quercus Publishing
Translator
Marlaine Delargy

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