tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post8192741851677401883..comments2024-03-27T10:01:12.225+00:00Comments on Jean's Knitting: Jeanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12038517988391228260noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-2180033464666892382010-02-20T01:27:50.153+00:002010-02-20T01:27:50.153+00:00I love the image of you packing up your knitting a...I love the image of you packing up your knitting and the dealer rushing in just a few minutes late - I'm sure Alexander McCall Smith could use this in one of his books.Janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08193395027474680289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-53970833300600406442010-02-19T23:15:29.564+00:002010-02-19T23:15:29.564+00:00I'm so glad he was late and you have your pict...I'm so glad he was late and you have your picture. Masha'Allah!Allisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02270585225479625674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-83375223882456148452010-02-19T18:15:13.327+00:002010-02-19T18:15:13.327+00:00we just got the Branagh-Wallender series this year...we just got the Branagh-Wallender series this year - interesting... but i would like to see the Swedish ones.<br /><br />imagine you have seen INSPECTOR LEWIS? just finished series two here - love them and think they are doing a great job of continuity with hints of morse thrown in for us fans.<br /><br />btw sheila hancock is reading from THE TWO OF US all next week on BBC 7.Southern Galhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12704854973003741122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-3241960978580510352010-02-19T12:27:42.208+00:002010-02-19T12:27:42.208+00:00The novels of Sjowall & Wahloo have recently b...The novels of Sjowall & Wahloo have recently been reissued--a friend gave them all to me. Henning Mankell's Wallender books have been well served by their translators--they get the idiomatic stuff very well, so you never feel you're reading a translation. Mankell trivia: He is the late Ingmar Bergman's son-in-law.GrannyPurplenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-50900316125731400132010-02-19T10:44:30.500+00:002010-02-19T10:44:30.500+00:00Congratulations on getting the painting. (Feeling ...Congratulations on getting the painting. (Feeling schadenfreude about the dealer).<br /><br />I too prefer the Swedish version of Wallander (with Dutch subtitles in my case).<br /><br />Have you tried the novels of Sjöwall & Wahlöö (earlier than Mankell). You can probably pick them up secondhand. They were written with political intent, but it was only overt in their last novel, I think. <br /><br />All the best,<br />DawnDawn in NLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09189050640379340589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-84888337599808441802010-02-19T10:12:44.399+00:002010-02-19T10:12:44.399+00:00Do try reading Henning Mankell - bear in mind that...Do try reading Henning Mankell - bear in mind that the Wallender books are rather different from his others. I have not yet managed to get on with any of the others.<br /><br />Absolutely the Swedish television series is the best for my money. I know that Mankell himself approved of Kenneth Branagh, and the British series, but the Swedish actor seems to inhabit the part better.<br /><br />Thinking of Arnaldur Indridason, I find I have read them all and in order, and found myself warming to the characters more as I went on - he lets the background of the people out gradually, and you don't get it all by reading just one book. Although they can be read as stand-alone stories, they do form a sequence which gives more depth.jeanfromcornwallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10062674591619616456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8466385.post-26419805583825140282010-02-19T08:55:50.152+00:002010-02-19T08:55:50.152+00:00I am pleased you managed to get the picture. I am ...I am pleased you managed to get the picture. I am quite certain you will appreciate it more than the dealer!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.com