Follow jonas jonasson and explore their bibliography from s jonas jonasson author page. It all begins with a hot air balloon trip and three bottles of champagne. When we think of sweden we think of ikea, abba and vikings. Bookpage a funny and improbable tale with characters from south africa to sweden demonstrates how even the most seemingly insignificant people can change the fate of the world.
The real story starts much earlier, in 1961, with the birth of nombeko mayeki in a shack in soweto. His first book the hundredyearold man who climbed out. Jonas jonasson tells the story of nombeko, a young african girl who initially cannot read but none the less succeeds because of her exceptional math and analytical skills. After a succession of accidents, happy coincidences and bizarre twists, she ends up in living in a. The girl who saved the king of sweden jonas jonasson on. The girl who saved the king of sweden by jonas jonasson. The girl who saved the king of sweden by jonas jonasson like the authors first book, the one hundredyearold man who climbed out of the window and disappeared this is a romp through recent history told through the adventures of an unlikely set of characters who find themselves in unbelievable situations and triumph in the best possible. This book follows the life of nombeko mayeki, a highly intelligent south african woman and her entanglement with an israeli intelligence. He sold his company and moved abroad to work on his first novel. Later it was said that both had fallen ill, but the truth is different. Jonas jonasson tells the story of nombeko, a young african girl who initially. Born in soweto, couth africa, the course of nombeko s life takes a long and varied trajectory. In the girl who saved the king of sweden, jonas jonasson unfurls a wide, whimsical net that readers will relish being caught up in. Determined not to be a latrine emptier all her life, soweto youngster, nombeko mayeki uses her numerical skills and lots of hard work to advance her position.
Audible provides the highest quality audio and narration. Jonas jonasson, the girl who saved the king of sweden for a second, lets stereotype. Born in a soweto shack in 1961, nombeko was destined for a. Jonasson has written a modern picaresque novel involving with the heroine, nombeko mayeki, overcoming south african politics, poverty, attempted sexual assault, slavery, and no formal education. I raved about it to friends and recommended it left, right and centre. Im grunde deutete alles darauf hin, dass nombeko ihr dasein in ihrer hutte im gro.
Living by her innate wits and her ability at languages, she escapes the south african nuclear program where she is enslaved, inadvertently rescues three chinese slaves, outwits mossad and winds up seeking asylum in sweden. Oh, and the fate of the king of sweden and the world rests on her shoulders. Download audiobooks written by jonas jonasson to your device. The sequel to jonas jonassons international bestseller the hundredyearold man who climbed out of the window and disappeared.
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