
Inspector Maigret Omnibus 1
Georges Simenon(Autor*in)
Penguin Classics (Verlag)
Erschienen am 27. November 2014
Buch
Hardcover
544 Seiten
978-0-14-139688-0 (ISBN)
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Beschreibung
The first annual omnibus edition in the new Penguin Inspector Maigret series, comprising four titles from the series so far: Pietr the Latvian, The Hanged Man of Saint-Pholien, The Carter of La Providence and The Grand Banks Cafe. Additional material includes the original French first edition covers, art directed by Georges Simenon himself.
Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels.
'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray
'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian
'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent
Penguin is publishing the entire series of Maigret novels.
'Compelling, remorseless, brilliant' John Gray
'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century . . . Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian
'A supreme writer . . . unforgettable vividness' Independent
Rezensionen / Stimmen
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
"The matchless French crime novelist." -Adam Gopnik, The New Yorker
"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
"An astute observer of human nature, writing in a spare and vivid style." -Amor Towles
"I never read contemporary fiction-with one exception: the works of Simenon." -T.S. Eliot
"A writer as comfortable with reality as with fiction, with passion as with reason." -John Le Carre
"One of the most important writers of our century." -Gabriel Garcia Marquez
"A favorite writer of mine." -Sigrid Nunez
"A great writer of detail, of atmosphere." -Leila Slimani
"Feels incredibly modern...A great writer." -Ian Rankin
"The greatest of all, the most genuine novelist we have had in literature." -Andre 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." -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)
Weitere Details
Sprache
Englisch
Verlagsort
London
Großbritannien
Verlagsgruppe
Penguin Books Ltd
Maße
Höhe: 240 mm
Breite: 162 mm
Dicke: 45 mm
Gewicht
833 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-139688-0 (9780141396880)
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Georges Simenon was born in Liege, Belgium, in 1903. He is best know in Britain as the author of the Maigret novels and his prolific output of over 400 novels and short stories have made him a household name in continental Europe. He died in 1989 in Lausanne, Switzerland, where he had lived for the latter part of his life.