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Chargement... Arctic Chill (original 2005; édition 2009)par Arnaldur Indriðason
Information sur l'oeuvreHiver arctique par Arnaldur Indriðason (2005)
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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. De nouveau, le commissaire Erlandur est chargé d'une enquête peu habituelle. Le corps retrouvé d'un petit garçon au pied d'un immeuble de banlieue plonge directement le lecteur dans cet impressionnant roman. Mobile du crime ? Racisme ? Délinquance ? Crime gratuit ? Littérature policière d'une force surprenante. L'émotion est également au rendez-vous. Arnaldur Indridason, classé dans la "nouvelle vague" des auteurs islandais bâtit ligne par ligne une intrigue mêlant morosité et pessimisme. Prix Clé de verre du roman noir scandinave. Bibliothèque centrale de la C.F. Nivelles - Myriam Très bon roman policier, dans sa manière nocturne d'Islandais. M'a remémoré l'horrible destin des Groëlandais (même scandinaves médiévaux colonisant ces terres horribles vers le 9e siècle) décrit par le menu dans "Effondrement" de Jared Diamond. Il fait nuit, il fait froid, pas de grand guignol (ouf), Erlandur s'humanise.
Is there such a thing as a perfect crime-fiction novel? Probably not, but if there were, this would surely be a strong contender. Arnaldur Indridason's latest novel in the Inspector Erlendur series continues the upward trend in quality, confidence and storytelling that I have come to hope for, even dare to expect, with each new outing. Tragically, Indridason's translator, Bernard Scudder died before he had completed work on ARCTIC CHILL, but Victoria Cribb has stepped in and the result seems to be a seamless one....This author is brilliant at speaking to the reader at the level at which the reader desires, so one can either ignore the economically presented character studies and get on with the plot, or revel in them and find further insight behind the sparse prose. For me, this author understands internal suffering all too well, and can convey the sadness of daily life in a dispassionate yet empathetic way. The books of Icelandic crime writer Arnaldur Indridason may seem esoteric, but this is a situation that is fast changing. A film adaptation of his Jar City has won rave reviews, and UK bookselling chains are promoting crime in translation...An opaque Icelandic police procedural that's all shades of grey... ...may well be the most thoroughly depressing of all the gloomy police procedurals coming out of those cold lands near the Arctic Circle. But since the storyteller is Arnaldur Indridason, this Icelandic tale is delivered with exquisite sensitivity, in a moody translation...
On an icy January day, the Reykjavik police are called to a block of flats where a body has been found in the garden: a young, dark-skinned boy, frozen to the ground in a pool of his own blood. The discovery of a stab wound in his stomach extinguishes any hope that this was a tragic accident. Erlendur and his team embark on their investigation with little to go on but the news that the boy's Thai half-brother is missing. Is he implicated, or simply afraid for his own life? The investigation soon unearths tensions simmering beneath the surface of Iceland's outwardly liberal, multicultural society. The boy's murder forces Erlendur to confront a tragedy in his own past. Soon, facts are emerging from the snow-filled darkness that are more chilling even than the Arctic night. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)839.6934Literature German literature and literatures of related languages Other Germanic literatures Old Norse, Old Icelandic, Icelandic, Faroese literatures Modern West Scandinavian; Modern Icelandic Modern Icelandic fiction 1900-1999Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
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La traduction est parfois boiteuse, surtout dans les dialogues, mais on perçoit tout de même la société islandaise, en pleine mutation.
Une lecture lente mais satisfaisante. ( )