Forty Days Without Shadow by Olivier Truc
A gripping thriller set in the haunting wilderness of snowy Lapland. Winner of seventeen international awards.
Forty Days Without Shadow is more than a splendidly told murder investigation and its consequencesIt is a fascinating telling of bloody history, culture and indigenous people struggling against all odds to survive. The winter scenes are frighteningly real, and at times leave you breathless and filled with awe. A book you will not forget. A powerful, ingenious piece of crime noir. * New York Journal of Books *
A remarkable, triumphant thriller. * Telerama Magazine *
Original, fascinating, with no concessions to surface '"exoticism". * Librairie L'Atelier *
A dark, highly original novel. * Livres Hebdo *
A powerful Nordic thriller. * Librairie l'usage du monde *
With storylines that shoot along as if over ice, yet with unusual depth, Forty Days Without Shadow has won numerous awards and justly so. The author, the Nordic correspondent of Le Monde, has a deep understanding and love of the furthest stretches of his territory. Highly recommended: just as we might have thought Scandinavian crime was exhausted, a brilliant new voice comes along. * Independent *
Truly memorable..the account of seeing the first gleam of sunshine after forty days of total darkness will stay with me. * Literary Review *
A remarkable, triumphant thriller. * Telerama Magazine *
Original, fascinating, with no concessions to surface '"exoticism". * Librairie L'Atelier *
A dark, highly original novel. * Livres Hebdo *
A powerful Nordic thriller. * Librairie l'usage du monde *
With storylines that shoot along as if over ice, yet with unusual depth, Forty Days Without Shadow has won numerous awards and justly so. The author, the Nordic correspondent of Le Monde, has a deep understanding and love of the furthest stretches of his territory. Highly recommended: just as we might have thought Scandinavian crime was exhausted, a brilliant new voice comes along. * Independent *
Truly memorable..the account of seeing the first gleam of sunshine after forty days of total darkness will stay with me. * Literary Review *
Olivier Truc was born in France in 1964. He has worked as a journalist since 1986, and has been based in Stockholm since 1994, where he is currently the Nordic and Baltic correspondent for Le Monde and Le Point. As a reporter, Olivier Truc covers subjects from politics and economics to social issues like immigration and minorities. He has also produced TV documentaries, including one that portrays a group of Norwegian policemen in Lapland. This is his debut novel.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781847445865 |
| ISBN 10 | 1847445861 |
| Title | Forty Days Without Shadow |
| Author | Olivier Truc |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Year published | 2014-12-04 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for CWA Daggers: International 2014 (UK) |
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