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I Maigret 3
2012
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La balera da due soldi Un tardo pomeriggio radioso. Un sole quasi languido nelle strade tran­quil­le della Rive Gauche. E ovunque la gioia di vivere, sui visi, nei mille ru­mo­ri familiari della strada. Ci sono giorni come questo, in cui l'esistenza è meno banale, e i passanti sui marciapiedi, i tram e le auto sembrano uscire da una fiaba. L’ombra cinese Le dieci di sera. I cancelli del giardino al centro di place des Vosges erano chiusi; la piazza era deserta: solo le tracce lucide lasciate dalle macchine sull'asfalto e il canto ininterrotto delle fontane, gli alberi senza foglie e la linea monotona dei tetti che si stagliavano uniformi contro il cielo. Il caso Saint-Fiacre Pochi colpi sommessi alla porta; il rumore di un oggetto posato sul pavi­mento; una voce timida: «Sono le cinque e mezzo! È appena suonata la prima campana della messa...». La casa dei fiamminghi Quando Maigret scese dal treno alla stazione di Givet, la prima persona che vide, proprio davanti al suo scompartimento, fu Anna Peeters. Nemmeno avesse previsto che si sarebbe fermato esattamente in quel punto del marciapiede! Non ne pareva sorpresa, e neppure compiaciuta. Il porto delle nebbie Quando avevano lasciato Parigi, verso le tre del pomeriggio, la folla bruli­cava ancora sotto un pallido sole autunnale. Poi, verso Mantes, si erano ac­cese le lampade dello scompartimento. A Évreux, fuori era tutto buio. E ades­so, attraverso i finestrini lungo i quali scivolavano gocce di vapore, si vedeva una fitta nebbia che circondava di un alone lattiginoso le luci della strada ferrata.

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Georges Simenon
Georges Simenon
Author · 233 books

Georges Joseph Christian Simenon (1903 – 1989) was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known as the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret. Although he never resided in Belgium after 1922, he remained a Belgian citizen throughout his life. Simenon was one of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, capable of writing 60 to 80 pages per day. His oeuvre includes nearly 200 novels, over 150 novellas, several autobiographical works, numerous articles, and scores of pulp novels written under more than two dozen pseudonyms. Altogether, about 550 million copies of his works have been printed. He is best known, however, for his 75 novels and 28 short stories featuring Commissaire Maigret. The first novel in the series, Pietr-le-Letton, appeared in 1931; the last one, Maigret et M. Charles, was published in 1972. The Maigret novels were translated into all major languages and several of them were turned into films and radio plays. Two television series (1960-63 and 1992-93) have been made in Great Britain. During his "American" period, Simenon reached the height of his creative powers, and several novels of those years were inspired by the context in which they were written (Trois chambres à Manhattan (1946), Maigret à New York (1947), Maigret se fâche (1947)). Simenon also wrote a large number of "psychological novels", such as La neige était sale (1948) or Le fils (1957), as well as several autobiographical works, in particular Je me souviens (1945), Pedigree (1948), Mémoires intimes (1981). In 1966, Simenon was given the MWA's highest honor, the Grand Master Award. In 2005 he was nominated for the title of De Grootste Belg (The Greatest Belgian). In the Flemish version he ended 77th place. In the Walloon version he ended 10th place.

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