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Schattenschrei (Swedish original title: Pythians anvisningar ) is a novel by the Swedish duo Erik Axl Sund , consisting of Jerker Eriksson and Håkan Axlander Sundquist . The thriller is the third volume of the special price (Specialpris) the Swedish Crime Academy excellent Victoria Miner trilogy, which appeared in 2012 in Sweden and 2014 in Germany.
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The fictional woman Victoria Bergmann, who was sexually abused by her father as a child and thus developed a massive personality disorder (DIS = Dissociative Identity Disorder, formerly MPS = Multiple Personality Disorder), is the focus of the novel, which is set in Stockholm , Sweden , and the entire novel trilogy . Shadow Scream continues the storyline of the first two volumes, Crow Maiden and Scar Child .
trilogy
The book Schattenschrei is the third part of the Victoria Bergmann trilogy, which includes two further books: Krähenmädchen (Original: Kråkflickan (Victoria Bergmans svaghet, # 1) ; Sweden 2010, Germany 2014) and Scarchild (Original: Hungerelden (Victoria Bergmans svaghet , # 2) ; Sweden 2011, Germany 2014).
reception
The Victoria Bergmann Trilogy was awarded the Specialpris of the Swedish Crime Academy in 2012. The books have been translated internationally and have become bestsellers in various countries, including Germany. According to the official website of the car duo and the website of the Swedish promotion agency Salomonsson Agency , the publishing rights for the novels have been sold to almost 40 international publishers. In some of these countries the books have already appeared, in others they will be released in the next months or years.
In Germany, the three German translations were published by Goldmann Verlag in 2014 every few months . Immediately after its publication, the first volume, Krähenmädchen , made it into the top 10 of the Spiegel bestseller list in the paperback / fiction category and rose to number 2 on August 11, 2014, where it remained for several weeks. Scars child climbed on 29 September 2014 even after a few weeks on the status of one of the list and SchattenSchrei rose 24 Nober 2014 after the appearance on the top position. All three volumes have been in the top 20 of the list for several weeks.
Publications
- Original edition
- Pythians anvisningar: ["mord och psykoterapi"] (Victoria Bergmans svaghet, # 3) , Stockholm 2012. ISBN 978-91-85785-57-5
- German editions
- Schattenschrei (translation from Swedish by Wibke Kuhn) Goldmann-Verlag 2014. ISBN 978-3-442-48119-4
- Audiobook Schattenschrei (read by Thomas M. Meinhardt ), running time: approx. 13 hours, Der Hörverlag 2014. ISBN 978-3-8445-1541-1
Web links
- Interview with Erik Axl Sund on krimicouch.de-TV (film on youtube)
supporting documents
- ^ Portrait of the author at Goldmann Verlag; accessed on January 16, 2015.
- ↑ Erik Axl Sund in an interview on the websites of the Random House publishing group; accessed on January 16, 2015.
- ↑ Crow Girl # 1 on the Salomonsson Agency website; Accessed February 28, 2015.
- ↑ Crow Girl # 1 on the official website of the author duo Erik Axl Sund; Accessed February 28, 2015.
- ↑ Krähenmädchen ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at book report .
- ↑ Scar Child ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at book report .
- ↑ Schattenschrei ( Memento of the original from February 5, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at book report .
