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Chronicler of the Winds by Mankell, Henning; Murray, Steven T.; Nunnally, Tiina is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

What is Chronicler of the Winds about?

From Publishers Weekly Mankell's evocative, quietly powerful novel, first published in 1995, tells the unbearably sad story of 10-year-old Nelio, a mortally wounded street kid in an unnamed African port city. After revolutionary soldiers kill his family and most of the people in his village ("to show us they were serious in their struggle to liberate us and help us have a better life"), Nelio makes his way to the city where he joins a gang of homeless orphans, eventually—and reluctantly—becoming their leader. They have "only one mission in life: to survive," but that's essentially all they can hope for. Mankell, best known for his Kurt Wallander mystery series ( The Dogs of Riga , etc.), vividly depicts in this heartbreaking fable the ongoing tragedy of Africa's disenfranchised. At times the narrative strays too far from Nelio's story and the tone slips into a kind of magical realism, but it's impossible not to be moved by the tale of Nelio's short and painful life. (June) Copyright ''© Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Review “Mankell writes eloquently of the realities of poverty and violence without becoming sugar

Who reads Chronicler of the Winds?

Author

Mankell, Henning; Murray, Steven T.; Nunnally, Tiina

Publisher

Random House Publishing Group

Published

1995

Language

EN

ISBN

9781595585592

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Literary Fiction, Fiction, Historical Fiction

Rating

3.86 / 5 (42 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14