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Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. Tijdens een fundraisingdiner van de Venetiaanse beau monde raakt commissario Brunetti in gesprek mede de oude Contessa Lando-Continui oer haar kleindochter die op vijftienjarige leeftijd bijna verdronk endaardoor een hersenbeschadiging opliep. Ze heeft zich nooit neergelegd bij dit drama en zoekt antwoorden op haar vragen. Brunetti belooft uit medelijden met de Contessa de zaak nog eens te bekijken, en ontdekt dat er inderdaad een zaak is. Te midden van de dagelijkse drukte van het Venitaanse leven, tekent zich het verhaal af van een vrouw die door het noodlot gevangen raakte in de eeuwige jeugd. https://www.instagram.com/p/CXjBVrjr6YY/ Donna Leon - The Waters of Eternal Youth: Even if I don’t remember the ending (oh, good, I get to read it again!), I remember Leon’s deftness in writing about Venice and her characters who populate the city. #cursorybookreviews #cursoryreviews The Waters of Eternal Youth. (Commissario Brunetti Book 25). Dona Leon. 2016. Leon’s books are great to read after you’ve read something heavy. Even though the plot always revolved around a crime Brunetti has to solve, he is a cheerful character and the descriptions of Venice always make you want to catch the first plane to that lovely city. And Brunetti is one of the few police characters who is happily married! In this title, Brunetti is asked to look into a crime that happened years ago. A beautiful teenage girl was pushed into the canal and as a result is brain damaged. Her grandmother asked Brunetti if he can find out what really happened to the girl and he does
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HTML: In Donna Leon's Commissario Guido Brunetti series, the Venetian inspector has been called on to investigate many things, from shocking to petty crimes. But in The Waters of Eternal Youth, the 25th novel in this celebrated series, Brunetti finds himself drawn into a case that may not be a case at all. Fifteen years ago, a teenage girl fell into a canal late at night. Unable to swim, she went under and started to drown, only surviving thanks to a nearby man, an alcoholic, who heard her splashes and pulled her out, though not before she suffered irreparable brain damage that left her in a state of permanent childhood, unable to learn or mature. The drunk man claimed he saw her thrown into the canal by another man, but the following day he couldn't remember a thing. Now, at a fundraising dinner for a Venetian charity, a wealthy and aristocratic patroness-the girl's grandmother-asks Brunetti if he will investigate. Brunetti's not sure what to do. If a crime was committed, it would surely have passed the statute of limitations. But out of a mixture of curiosity, pity, and a willingness to fulfill the wishes of a guilt-wracked older woman, who happens to be his mother-in-law's best friend, he agrees. Brunetti soon finds himself unable to let the case rest, if indeed there is a case. Awash in the rhythms and concerns of contemporary Venetian life, from historical preservation, to housing, to new waves of African migrants, and the haunting story of a woman trapped in a damaged perpetual childhood, The Waters of Eternal Youth is another wonderful addition to this series. .Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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I have liked all the titles in this series, but this one The Waters of Eternal Youth really stood out for me. Ms. Leon’s books always have a central theme or issue attached to the main story/case - greed, bribery, art, animal cruelty, pollution, murder, theft, womens’ issues, stalking. There is always a ‘backstory’ that Guido is musing about and trying to come to grips with.
The main cases are usually solved but justice and living with the consequences of ‘the crime’ are not always ‘wrapped up’.
This particular title is very sad. But it profiles Claudia Griffoni and I like that.
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