ISBN: Ostalo
Godina izdanja: 2014
Jezik: Engleski
Autor: Strani

Jako lepo ocuvana, kao necitana.

Zorz Simenon
Penguin Books

Georges Simenon`s chilling portrayal of tragic love, persecution and betrayal.`One sensed in him neither flesh nor bone, nothing but soft, flaccid matter, so much so that his movements were hard to make out. Very red lips stood out from his orb-like face, as did the thin moustache that he curled with an iron and looked as if it had been drawn on with India ink; on his cheekbones were the symmetrical pink dots of a doll`s cheeks.`People find Mr Hire strange, disconcerting. The tenants he shares his building with try to avoid him. He is a peeping Tom, a visitor of prostitutes, a dealer in unsavoury literature. He is also the prime suspect for a brutal murder that he did not commit. Yet Mr Hire`s innocence will not stand in the way of those looking for a scapegoat as tragedy unfolds in this quietly devastating and deeply unnerving novel. `The romans durs are extraordinary: tough, bleak, offhandedly violent, suffused with guilt and bitterness, redolent of place . . . utterly unsentimental, frightening in the pitilessness of their gaze, yet wonderfully entertaining` John Banville
Review
Praise for Georges Simenon:

`One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequaled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories.` --The Guardian

`These Maigret books are as timeless as Paris itself.` --The Washington Post

`Maigret ranks with Holmes and Poirot in the pantheon of fictional detective immortals.` --People

`I love reading Simenon. He makes me think of Chekhov.` --William Faulkner

`The greatest of all, the most genuine novelist we have had in literature.` --André Gide

`A supreme writer . . . Unforgettable vividness.` --The Independent (London)

`Superb . . . The most addictive of writers . . . A unique teller of tales.` --The Observer (London)

`Compelling, remorseless, brilliant.` --John Gray

`A truly wonderful writer . . . Marvelously readable--lucid, simple, absolutely in tune with the world he creates.` --Muriel Spark

`A novelist who entered his fictional world as if he were a part of it.`lle --Peter Ackroyd

`Extraordinary masterpieces of the twentieth century.` --John Banville

Gem-hard soul-probes . . . not just the world`s bestselling detective series, but an imperishable literary legend . . . he exposes secrets and crimes not by forensic wizardry, but by the melded powers of therapist, philosopher and confessor ― Times (London)

Strangely comforting . . . so many lovely bistros from the Paris of mid-20th C. The corpses are incidental, it`s the food that counts. ― Margaret Atwood

One of the greatest writers of the 20th century . . . no other writer can set up a scene as sharply and with such economy as Simenon does . . . the conjuring of a world, a place, a time, a set of characters - above all, an atmosphere. ― Financial Times

Gripping . . . richly rewarding . . . You`ll quickly find yourself obsessing about his life as you tackle each mystery in turn.-- Stig Abell ― The Sunday Times (London)