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Peace Corpse - Couverture souple

Neff, Charles B.

 
9780595478255: Peace Corpse
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0595478255 ISBN 13 : 9780595478255
Editeur : iUniverse, 2008

Synopsis

Summer 2008 has arrived in Stockholm as young adults from around the world gather for a meeting of Youth for Peace, hoping to find solutions to the conflicts that divide them. Ghada Shafi from Palestine, Binyamin Dayan from Israel, and Mariela Fuentes, a child of the violence that wracked Nicaragua, have assumed leadership roles at the YFP meeting. Negotiations that cross language barriers and cultural differences are difficult enough, but when a Syrian participant dies mysteriously, the meeting is engulfed in distrust and fear.Magnus Torval, a Swedish detective who is also a famous international power lifter, investigates the mysterious death and associated events that threaten the YFP participants. He works closely with Mariela as the two of them confront not only difficult developments in the volatile Swedish immigrant community, but also their own past disappointments and mutual attraction. With each passing day, Mariela, Magnus, Ghada, and Binyamin see the stakes growing. They are running out of time to discover who is behind the imminent danger.A fast-paced and engrossing novel filled with multifaceted characters, Peace Corpse explores the complexity of working for peace and the tenacity and fearlessness of those who threaten it.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Summer 2008 has arrived in Stockholm as young adults from around the world gather for a meeting of Youth for Peace, hoping to find solutions to the conflicts that divide them. Ghada Shafi from Palestine, Binyamin Dayan from Israel, and Mariela Fuentes, a child of the violence that wracked Nicaragua, have assumed leadership roles at the YFP meeting. Negotiations that cross language barriers and cultural differences are difficult enough, but when a Syrian participant dies mysteriously, the meeting is engulfed in distrust and fear.Magnus Torval, a Swedish detective who is also a famous international power lifter, investigates the mysterious death and associated events that threaten the YFP participants. He works closely with Mariela as the two of them confront not only difficult developments in the volatile Swedish immigrant community, but also their own past disappointments and mutual attraction. With each passing day, Mariela, Magnus, Ghada, and Binyamin see the stakes growing. They are running out of time to discover who is behind the imminent danger.A fast-paced and engrossing novel filled with multifaceted characters, Peace Corpse explores the complexity of working for peace and the tenacity and fearlessness of those who threaten it.

Biographie de l'auteur

Charles B. Neff has been an administrator at four U.S. universities and has led international development projects in Colombia and Russia. He has authored books on cross-cultural learning and executive searches and has written two novels. Neff lives near Seattle, Washington. Visit him online at www.booksbyneff.com.

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Éditeur
iUniverse
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0595478255
ISBN 13 
9780595478255
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
240
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Personne responsable
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