Part of Series
La furia di Maigret La signora Maigret, che sgranava i piselli nell’ombra calda, dove l’azzurro del suo grembiule e il verde dei baccelli creavano chiazze sontuose, la signora Maigret, che non stava mai con le mani in mano, fosse pure alle due del pomeriggio della giornata più calda di un agosto già torrido... Maigret a New York Verso le quattro del mattino, quando la nave si era ancorata nel bacino di quarantena, la maggior parte dei passeggeri dormiva ancora. Qualcuno aveva appena socchiuso le palpebre udendo lo sferragliare delle catene, ma ben pochi, nonostante i propositi delle vigilia, se l’erano sentita di alzarsi... Le vacanze di Maigret La strada era stretta, come tutte le strade del vecchio quartiere delle Sables-d’Olonne, con il selciato sconnesso e marciapiedi dai quali bisognava scendere ogni volta che s’incrociava un passante. Sull’angolo, una magnifica porta a due battenti, di un verde intenso, sontuoso... Il morto di Maigret «Mi scusi, signora...». Era riuscito a interromperla, finalmente, dopo alcuni minuti buoni di pazienti tentativi. «Lei mi sta dicendo che sua figlia la avvelena a poco a poco...». La prima inchiesta di Maigret Una balaustra nera divideva la stanza in due. Dal lato riservato al pubblico, contro la parete imbiancata a calce e coperta di avvisi e ordinanze, c’era solo una panca senza schienale, anch’essa verniciata di nero. Dalla parte opposta, banchi, calamai, scaffali stipati di registri enormi...
Author
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.
