Secrets in the Fire
- Published
- 1 January 1995
- Pages
- 170
- ISBN-13
- 9781865081816
- Type
- novel
About this book
Secrets in the Fire opens Henning Mankell's YA trilogy in 1995, dramatizing the real landmine accident that killed young Sofia Alface's sister and cost Sofia her own legs during Mozambique's civil war -- at 170 pages, the shortest of the three books.
Key facts about Secrets in the Fire
Henning Mankell wrote Secrets in the Fire, a novel on our list. It has been out since 1995. The book has 170 pages.
We list 1 edition of this novel. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781865081816 to find the main one.
Secrets in the Fire is book 1 of 3 in the Sofia series. The series has 3 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with.
Additionally, Henning Mankell writes Joel Gustafson and Kurt Wallander as separate series. Those series sit on our young adult and nordic noir shelves. Meanwhile, After the Fire is the latest published Henning Mankell book on file, from 2015.
About Henning Mankell
Henning Mankell was a Swedish author widely credited as one of the founding figures of the Scandinavian noir crime wave that reshaped international crime fiction from the 1990s onward. See every Henning Mankell book in order.
Its place in Sofia
Secrets in the Fire is book 1 in the Sofia series. It is followed by Playing with Fire. See the full Sofia reading order.
The Sofia trilogy is based on the true story of Sofia Alface, a young woman Henning Mankell met and befriended during his decades directing a theatre in Maputo, Mozambique. Secrets in the Fire (1995) opens with the real event that shaped Sofia's life: as a girl, she and her younger sister step on a landmine left over from Mozambique's civil war, killing her sister and costing Sofia both her legs. Written for younger readers but unflinching about poverty, disability and loss, the book follows Sofia's recovery and…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9781865081816