Playing with Fire
- Published
- 1 January 2001
- Pages
- 244
- ISBN-13
- 9781865087146
- Type
- novel
About this book
Six years after Secrets in the Fire, Playing with Fire (2001) follows Sofia into young adulthood, and at 244 pages is the longest entry in the trilogy.
Key facts about Playing with Fire
Playing with Fire is a novel by Henning Mankell. Readers have had it since 2001. It runs to 244 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of Playing with Fire. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9781865087146 to find the main one.
Playing with Fire is book 2 of 3 in the Sofia series. The series has 3 published books. However, the series starts with Secrets in the Fire (1995).
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
Playing with Fire is book 2 in the Sofia series. It follows Secrets in the Fire. It is followed by The Fury in the 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 9781865087146