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  • MediaDB / «Human Harbor" Jon Lindqvist: download fb2, read online

    About the book: 2011 / Jon Aivide Lindqvist became famous for the novel Let Me In, which served as the basis for the famous film of the same name directed by Tomas Alfredson; the film collected many European prizes, including the Golden Méliès and the Nordic Film Prize (with the wording “For the successful transformation of a vampire film into a truly original, touching and surprisingly human story about friendship and loneliness”), and in 2010 the director of Monstro » Matt Reeves directed the American remake. Lindqvist's second novel, Blessed are the Dead, caused no less excitement: sixteen major Swedish producers were fighting for the film rights, and work on the film is still underway. The third novel, “Human Haven,” was awaited with bated breath—and Lindquist did not disappoint. So, Anders, Cecilia and their six-year-old daughter Maya travel across the ice to the lighthouse in winter - where Maya disappears without a trace. Two years later, Anders returns to the island, already alone; and the ghosts of the past, whose voices he tried to drown out with alcohol, begin to sound in full force. Ghosts ride an old moped and break the silence of the night with old songs by The Smiths; ghosts set fire to a house standing on the outskirts, ghosts hint at a terrible treaty that in ancient times linked the island fishermen and the sea itself, ghosts hint to Anders that Maya may still be alive…