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Brought back into print in the 1990s to wide acclaim, re-designed new editions of Robert van Gulik's Judge Dee Mysteries are now available. Written by a Dutch diplomat and scholar during the 1950s and 1960s, these lively and historically accurate mysteries have entertained a devoted following for decades. Set during the T'ang dynasty, they feature Judge Dee, a brilliant and cultured Confucian magistrate disdainful of personal luxury and corruption, who cleverly selects allies to help him navigate the royal courts, politics, and ethnic tensions in imperial China. Robert van Gulik modeled Judge Dee on a magistrate of that name who lived in the seventh century, and he drew on stories and literary conventions of Chinese mystery writing dating back to the Sung dynasty to construct his ingenious plots. Murder in Canton takes place in the year 680, as Judge Dee, recently promoted to lord chief justice, is sent incognito to Canton to investigate the disappearance of a court censor. With the help of his trusted lieutenants Chiao Tai and Tao Gan, and that of a clever blind girl who collects crickets, Dee solves a complex puzzle of political intrigue and murder through the three separate subplots "the vanished censor," "the Smaragdine dancer," and "the Golden Bell." An expert on the art and erotica as well as the literature, religion, and politics of China, van Gulik also provides charming illustrations to accompany his engaging and entertaining mysteries.… (plus d'informations)
It's the one book from the series I don't like, because Van Gulik kills off one of the main characters. Although he is consistent, in book one of the series he foreshadows this death in the form of a retold prophecy. ( )
I loved the twins on this one, they were quite fun for characters that appeared only briefly. The blind girl was also a nice character, and on the whole the book felt like it had a slightly different pace from the other ones. This being the last book in the series, it has a very sad air about it (particularly, but not only, because of Chiao Tai's death). ( )
Een van de weinige die ik niet goed kende, min of meer de laatste en een van de beste. Intriges rond de in Canton verdwenen censor, de grote hoeveelheid Arabieren (ook wat Perzen) in deze internationale handelsstad, uiteraard geminacht en gevreesd door Tie en consorten, en het geheimzinnige paria-volk van de .... dat laatste volk speelt een rol in het motief van de opperschurk. Tie en Tsjiao Tai en Tao Gan blijken voortdurend in de gaten gehouden te worden, geheimzinnige partijen plegen en verijdelen aanslagen op ze, een blinde krekelverkoopster verschijnt en verdwijnt. Fraaie paradox waardoor de moordenaar zich verraadt maar onmogelijk aangegeven kan worden. Ma Joeng is getrouwd en doet niets meer, Hoeng is dood, van Gulik had hier zijn laatste boek willen schrijven (maar Het Wilgenpatroon werd later nog uitgewerkt), aan het eind strft Tsjoa Tai door Regendraal, ontroerend. Tie wil nooit meer misdaden oplossen. ( )
At first, I thought the writing style was ‘old’, that it would deter me from enjoying a smooth reading experience. It wasn’t the case, and I read it pretty quickly, enjoying the plot and twists of Dee’s investigation in Cantonese politics and murders. Only drawback: I do not know if this is done on purpose for realism in fiction or if it is authorial opinion, but the Chinese characters are often given to racism and xenophobia throughout the novel, foreign communities in Canton are nothing less than ghettos and inter-community relationships are strictly forbidden. If it is done to represent a specific era, fine, but I wouldn’t like to think it is an authorial opinion. ( )
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Brought back into print in the 1990s to wide acclaim, re-designed new editions of Robert van Gulik's Judge Dee Mysteries are now available. Written by a Dutch diplomat and scholar during the 1950s and 1960s, these lively and historically accurate mysteries have entertained a devoted following for decades. Set during the T'ang dynasty, they feature Judge Dee, a brilliant and cultured Confucian magistrate disdainful of personal luxury and corruption, who cleverly selects allies to help him navigate the royal courts, politics, and ethnic tensions in imperial China. Robert van Gulik modeled Judge Dee on a magistrate of that name who lived in the seventh century, and he drew on stories and literary conventions of Chinese mystery writing dating back to the Sung dynasty to construct his ingenious plots. Murder in Canton takes place in the year 680, as Judge Dee, recently promoted to lord chief justice, is sent incognito to Canton to investigate the disappearance of a court censor. With the help of his trusted lieutenants Chiao Tai and Tao Gan, and that of a clever blind girl who collects crickets, Dee solves a complex puzzle of political intrigue and murder through the three separate subplots "the vanished censor," "the Smaragdine dancer," and "the Golden Bell." An expert on the art and erotica as well as the literature, religion, and politics of China, van Gulik also provides charming illustrations to accompany his engaging and entertaining mysteries.
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Ce volume, le dernier des quatre qui réunissent toutes les enquêtes du juge Ti dans l'ordre chronologique de sa carrière de magistrat, contient Le fantôme du temple (roman), Les Cercueils de l'empereur (nouvelle), Meurtre au Nouvel an (nouvelle), l'Enigme du clou chinois (roman), La Nuit du tigre (nouvelle), Le Motif du saule (roman), et Meurtre à Canton (roman).
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