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The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot
Den vidunderliga kärlekens historia
Carl-Johan Vallgren (born 1964)
Translated by Paul Britten Austin, Veronica Britten Austin
English editions
In EnglishThe Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot
Vintage · United Kingdom · 6 April 2006 · Paperback · 288 pages
The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot
Harvill Press · United Kingdom · 13 May 2005 · Hardcover · 384 pages
The Horrific Sufferings of the Mind-Reading Monster Hercules Barefoot
HarperCollins · United States · 2006 · Hardcover · 282 pages
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Hercule Barfuss comes into the world in 1813 in a Königsberg bordello, misshapen, tiny, unable to hear or speak, a sight that terrifies people, and against all odds he lives. He has two gifts. He can hear what others think, which brings him a wild, peculiar life and powerful foes. And he loves without wavering: Henriette Vogel, born under the same roof that very night, guides him through nearly a century. His travels take him through cloisters and asylums, the Vatican, touring vaudeville shows, Swedenborgian circles and salons, as sign language takes shape, and finally across the ocean, where his descendants still live in the 1990s on Martha's Vineyard.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Length
- 340 pages in the original
- Genres
- Historical, Love (assigned by AI)
- First published
- 2002 by Albert Bonniers Förlag
- Author's age
- 38 when first published
- ISBN
9789100580520 (original)
9781843431510 (Harvill Press, United Kingdom)
9780099464396 (Vintage, United Kingdom)
9780060841997 (HarperCollins, United States)
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