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''The Girl in the Spider's Web'' (original title in (スウェーデン語:Det som inte dödar oss), "That Which Does Not Kill Us") is a novel focusing on the characters of Lisbeth Salander and Mikael Blomkvist. Written by David Lagercrantz, it is the first not to be authored by creator Stieg Larsson, who died of a heart attack in 2004. The novel was released worldwide on 27 August 2015, except in the United States, where it was released on 1 September 2015. ==Development== In December 2013, the Swedish publisher of the series Norstedts Förlag announced plans for a fourth ''Millennium'' book, to be published in August 2015 and written by David Lagercrantz. Extreme caution was taken to make sure details did not leak, with no early review copies given out. Lagercrantz wrote the book on a computer with no internet connection and personally handed his manuscripts to his publisher. The draft was reported as finished by Lagercrantz in January 2015. The Swedish title is ''Det som inte dödar oss'', literally translated ''"That Which Does Not Kill Us"''. Lagercrantz was given free rein by Larsson's estate. He tried to stay true to the series' complex stories with different plotlines, but did not attempt to imitate Larsson's "journalistic authoritativeness."〔 The novel, which was translated into 38 different languages, includes English by George Goulding.〔 Like the previous novels, the English language translation is published by Quercus in the UK.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.marketwired.com/press-release/quercus-publishing-to-publish-fourth-book-in-stieg-larssons-millennium-series-lse-qupp-1863186.htm )〕 In March 2015, US publisher Alfred A. Knopf announced the English-language title of the book, ''The Girl in the Spider's Web'', and released their cover art. The first printing in the United States will be for 500,000 copies. The late author's literary estate is fully controlled by his brother and father, who hired Lagercrantz and have supported the latest book in the series.〔Lynn Neary, (The Girl Who Outlived Her Creator: Salander Returns In 'Spider's Web' ), NPR, 27 August 2015.〕 However Larsson's long-term partner Eva Gabrielsson, has voiced criticism against this project. She possesses an unfinished fourth manuscript of the ''Millennium'' series, which is not included in the novel. She referred to Lagercrantz as a "completely idiotic choice" to continue the ''Millennium'' series.〔 In an interview, Lagercrantz said that he had one criticism against Stieg Larsson and his portrait of the protagonist Mikael Blomkvist: "Women came to (Blomkvist ), fell down and wanted to sleep with him, he didn't even have to charm them. I tried to tone this down as I couldn't understand it."〔(tänker inte bli Stieg Larsson” http://www.dn.se/dnbok/jag-tanker-inte-bli-stieg-larsson/ ), DN (TT) 2015-08-26〕 When asked about the decision to continue the series after Larsson's death, Sonny Mehta, the president of Knopf — the publisher of all the ''Millennium'' books — said, "Lisbeth Salander is one of the heroines, I think, of the 21st century, and a most unlikely heroine. She's brave, she's intrepid, she's unfrightenable, she's got a moral core (...) And I hope people will just welcome the return of this extremely unlikely pair of Salander and this crusading journalist."〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「The Girl in the Spider's Web」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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