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Contemporary French and Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Anne Grydehøj
Contemporary French and Scandinavian Crime Fiction Book PDF

Author : Anne Grydehøj
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781786837196

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Contemporary French and Scandinavian Crime Fiction by Anne Grydehøj Pdf

This book offers a study of Danish, Norwegian, Swedish and French crime fictions covering a fifty-year period. From 1965 to the present, both Scandinavian and French societies have undergone significant transformations. Twelve literary case studies examine how crime fictions in the respective contexts have responded to shifting social realities, which have in turn played a part in transforming the generic codes and conventions of the crime novel. At the centre of the book’s analysis is crime fiction’s negotiation of the French model of Republican universalism and the Scandinavian welfare state, both of which were routinely characterised as being in a state of crisis at the end of the twentieth century. Adopting a comparative and interdisciplinary approach, the book investigates the interplay between contemporary Scandinavian and French crime narratives, considering their engagement with the relationship of the state and the citizen, and notably with identity issues (class, gender, sexuality and ethnicity in particular).

Scandinavian Crime Fiction

Paula Arvas,Andrew Nestingen
Scandinavian Crime Fiction Book PDF

Author : Paula Arvas,Andrew Nestingen
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2011-01-15
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780708323311

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Scandinavian Crime Fiction by Paula Arvas,Andrew Nestingen Pdf

This collection of articles studies the development of crime fiction in Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden since the 1960s, offering the first English-language study of this widely read and influential form. Since the first Martin-Beck novel of Maj Sjowall and Per Wahloo appeared in 1965, the socially-critical crime novel has figured prominently in Scandinavian culture, and found hundreds of millions of readers outside Scandinavia. But is there truly a Scandinavian crime novel tradition? Scandinavian Crime Fiction identifies distinct features and changes in the Scandinavian crime tradition through analysis of some of its most well-known writers: Henning Mankell, Stieg Larsson, Anne Holt, Liza Marklund, Leena Lehtolainen, and Arnaldur Indrioason, among others. Focusing on Scandinavian crime fiction's snowballing prominence since the 1990s, articles zoom in on the transformation of the genre's social criticism, study the significance of cultural and geographical place in the tradition, and analyze the cultural politics of crime fiction, including struggles over gender equity, sexuality, ethnicity, history, and the fate of the welfare state. Scandinavian Crime Fiction maps out the contribution of Scandinavian crime writers to contemporary European culture and society, making the volume valuable to scholars and the interested public.

Scandinavian Noir

Wendy Lesser
Scandinavian Noir Book PDF

Author : Wendy Lesser
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780374718718

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Scandinavian Noir by Wendy Lesser Pdf

"Even those unmoved by its subject will thrill to [Scandinavian Noir], a beautifully crafted inquiry into fiction, reality, crime and place . . . Perhaps when it comes to fiction and reality, what we need most are critics like Lesser, who can dissect the former with the tools of the latter." --Kate Tuttle, The New York Times Book Review An in-depth and personal exploration of Scandinavian crime fiction as a way into Scandinavian culture at large For nearly four decades, Wendy Lesser's primary source of information about three Scandinavian countries—Sweden, Norway, and Denmark—was mystery and crime novels, and the murders committed and solved in their pages. Having never visited the region, Lesser constructed a fictional Scandinavia of her own making, something between a map, a portrait, and a cultural history of a place that both exists and does not exist. Lesser’s Scandinavia is disproportionately populated with police officers, but also with the stuff of everyday life, the likes of which are relayed in great detail in the novels she read: a fully realized world complete with its own traditions, customs, and, of course, people. Over the course of many years, Lesser’s fictional Scandinavia grew more and more solidly visible to her, yet she never had a strong desire to visit the real countries that corresponded to the made-up ones. Until, she writes, “between one day and the next, that no longer seemed sufficient.” It was time to travel to Scandinavia. With vivid storytelling and an astonishing command of the literature, Wendy Lesser’s Scandinavian Noir: In Pursuit of a Mystery illuminates the vast, peculiar world of Scandinavian noir—first as it appears on the page, then as it grows in her mind, and finally, in the summer of 2018, as it exists in reality. Guided by sharp criticism, evocative travel writing, and a whimsical need to discover “the difference between existence and imagination, reality and dream,” Scandinavian Noir is a thrilling and inventive literary adventure from a masterful writer and critic.

Death in a Cold Climate

B. Forshaw
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Author : B. Forshaw
Publisher : Springer
Page : 207 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2012-01-11
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780230363502

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Death in a Cold Climate by B. Forshaw Pdf

Barry Forshaw, the UK's principal crime fiction expert, presents a celebration and analysis of the Scandinavian crime genre, from Sjöwall and Wahlöö's Martin Beck series through Henning Mankell's Wallander to Stieg Larsson's demolition of the Swedish Social Democratic ideal in the publishing phenomenon The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo .

Swedish Crime Fiction

Kerstin Bergman
Swedish Crime Fiction Book PDF

Author : Kerstin Bergman
Publisher : Mimesis
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 885751983X

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Swedish Crime Fiction by Kerstin Bergman Pdf

Why have authors from the safe, social welfare state Sweden captivated the minds of the crime fiction readers across the globe? Kerstin Bergman suggests that killer marketing and a widespread curiosità about the "exotic" Nordic welfare states, their waste landscapes and alleged gender equality, has propelled these authors and novels into the international spotlight. Bergman uses this innovative angle to retell the recent history of crime fiction in Sweden, exploring central themes and selecting key authors that have garnered national and international acclaim for their lethal plots. Swedish Crime Fiction: The Making of Nordic Noir contextualizes the explosive recent history of the genre, offering newcomers and aficionados insights into the minds of protagonista and their literary creators. This is the first research-based and exhaustive presentation of Swedish crime fiction and its Nordic "neighbours" to an international audience.

Nights of Awe

Harri Nykänen
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Author : Harri Nykänen
Publisher : Bitter Lemon Press
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781904738923

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Nights of Awe by Harri Nykänen Pdf

Eccentric Jewish policeman Ariel Kafka investigates four Arabs' murders in this fresh take on the Nordic crime novel.

Faceless Killers

Henning Mankell
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Author : Henning Mankell
Publisher : New Press/ORIM
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-05-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781595586100

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Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell Pdf

A #1 international bestseller: This “exquisite novel of mesmerizing depth” launched the acclaimed Wallander Mysteries and BBC series starring Kenneth Branagh (Los Angeles Times). Early one morning, a small-town farmer discovers that his neighbors have been victims of a brutal attack during the night: An old man has been bludgeoned to death, and his tortured wife lies dying before the farmer’s eyes. The only clue is the single word she utters before she dies: “foreign.” In charge of the investigation is Inspector Kurt Wallander, a local detective whose personal life is in a shambles. His family is falling apart, he’s gaining weight, and he drinks too much and sleeps too little. Tenacious and levelheaded in his sleuthing, he and his colleagues must contend with a wave of violent xenophobia as they search for the killers. Winner of the Sweden’s Best Mystery Award and the first installment in the series that inspired the PBS program Wallander starring Kenneth Branagh, Faceless Killers is a razor-sharp, stylishly dark police procedural with searing social commentary that reaches beyond its genre to produce “a superior novel—and a harbinger of great things to come” (Booklist).

Locating Nordic Noir

Kim Toft Hansen,Anne Marit Waade
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Author : Kim Toft Hansen,Anne Marit Waade
Publisher : Springer
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2017-10-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9783319598154

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Locating Nordic Noir by Kim Toft Hansen,Anne Marit Waade Pdf

This book is a comprehensive study of Nordic Noir television drama from the 1990’s until today. The authors introduce the history of contemporary Nordic Noir from the perspective of place, production and location studies. The chapters include readings of well-known television crime dramas such as Beck, The Killing, Trapped and The Bridge as well as a range of other important Nordic Noir cases. The authors position the development of Nordic Noir in the global market for popular television drama and place the international attention towards Nordic crime dramas within regional development of drama production in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland. Consequently, Nordic Noir is read as both a transnational financial and creative phenomenon and as a local possibility for community building. Offering a comprehensible, scholarly and methodologically original approach to the popularity of Nordic television crime dramas, this volume is aimed at readers with an interest in crime drama as well as scholars and students of television drama.

The Girl who Played with Fire

Stieg Larsson
The Girl who Played with Fire Book PDF

Author : Stieg Larsson
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 738 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Blomkvist, Mikael (Fictitious character)
ISBN : 9780307476159

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The Girl who Played with Fire by Stieg Larsson Pdf

When the reporters to a sex-trafficking exposé are murdered and computer hacker Lisbeth Salander is targeted as the killer, Mikael Blomkvist, the publisher of the exposé, investigates to clear Lisbeth's name.

Crime and Fantasy in Scandinavia

Andrew Nestingen
Crime and Fantasy in Scandinavia Book PDF

Author : Andrew Nestingen
Publisher : University of Washington Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2011-12-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780295989242

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Crime and Fantasy in Scandinavia by Andrew Nestingen Pdf

Scandinavian popular novels and films have flourished in the last thirty years. In Crime and Fantasy in Scandinavia, Andrew Nestingen argues that the growth and visibility of popular culture have been at the heart of the development of heterogeneous �publics� in Scandinavia, in opposition to the homogenizing influence of the post-World War II welfare state. Novels and films have mobilized readers and viewers, serving as a preeminent site for debates over individualism, collectivity, national homogeneity, gender, and transnational relations. Crime and Fantasy in Scandinavia provides insight into the changing nature of civil society in Scandinavia through the lens of popular culture. Nestingen develops his argument through the examination of genres where the central theme is individual transgression of societal norms: crime films and novels, melodramas, and fantasy fiction. Among the internationally known writers and filmmakers discussed are Henning Mankell, Aki Kaurism�ki, Lukas Moodysson, and Lars von Trier.

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Peter Høeg
Smilla s Sense of Snow Book PDF

Author : Peter Høeg
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Page : 547 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2010-04-01
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781429998536

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Smilla's Sense of Snow by Peter Høeg Pdf

A Time Best Book of the Year · An Entertainment Weekly Best Book of the Year · A People Best Book of the Year · Winner of the CWA Silver Dagger Award · A Finalist for the Edgar Award for Best Mystery Novel First published in 1992, Peter Høeg's Smilla's Sense of Snow instantly became an international sensation. When caustic Smilla Jaspersen discovers that her neighbor--a neglected six-year-old boy, and possibly her only friend--has died in a tragic accident, a peculiar intuition tells her it was murder. Unpredictable to the last page, Smilla's Sense of Snow is one of the most beautifully written and original crime stories of our time, a new classic.

The Midnight Witness

Sara Blaedel
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Author : Sara Blaedel
Publisher : Grand Central Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2018-10-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781538759783

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The Midnight Witness by Sara Blaedel Pdf

Rookie homicide detective Louise Rick makes her debut in this thrilling #1 international bestseller that launched 3 million copy bestselling writer Sara Blaedel's incredible career. A young woman is found strangled in a park, and a male journalist has been killed in the backyard of the Royal Hotel in Copenhagen. Detective Louise Rick is put on the case of the young girl, but very soon becomes entangled in solving the other homicide too when it turns out her best friend, journalist Camilla Lind, knew the murdered man. Louise tries to keep her friend from getting too involved, but Camilla's never been one to miss out on an interesting story. And this time, Camilla may have gone too far... Emotionally riveting and filled with unexpected twists, THE MIDNIGHT WITNESS is a tour-de-force from international phenomenon Sara Blaedel.

Swedish Marxist Noir

Per Hellgren
Swedish Marxist Noir Book PDF

Author : Per Hellgren
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2018-12-14
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781476673714

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Swedish Marxist Noir by Per Hellgren Pdf

Marxist theories have had a profound influence on crime fiction, beginning with the works of the American writers of the 1930s. This study explores the development of a Swedish Marxist noir subgenre after the 1990s through a Marxist reading of central works, from the Marlowe novels of Raymond Chandler to the 1960s social crime fiction of Sjowall-Wahloo to modern bestselling authors such as Henning Mankell, Stieg Larsson, Roslund & Hellstrom, Jens Lapidus, Arne Dahl and others. The works of these writers show a common thread of Marxist worldview in their portrayal of a modern world gone wrong.

Rape in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy and Beyond

B. Åström,K. Gregersdotter,T. Horeck
Rape in Stieg Larsson s Millennium Trilogy and Beyond Book PDF

Author : B. Åström,K. Gregersdotter,T. Horeck
Publisher : Springer
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2012-10-16
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781137291639

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Rape in Stieg Larsson's Millennium Trilogy and Beyond by B. Åström,K. Gregersdotter,T. Horeck Pdf

Focusing on the sexualized violence of Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium trilogy – including the novels, Swedish film adaptations, and Hollywood blockbusters – this collection of essays puts Larsson's work into dialogue with Scandinavian and Anglophone crime novels by writers including Jo Nesbø, Håkan Nesser, Mo Hayder and Val McDermid.

Nightblind

Ragnar Jónasson
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Author : Ragnar Jónasson
Publisher : Minotaur Books
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-05
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781250096104

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Nightblind by Ragnar Jónasson Pdf

Chilling and complex, Nightblind is an extraordinary thriller from Ragnar Jónasson, an undeniable new talent. Ari Thor Arason is a local policeman who has an uneasy relationship with the villagers in an idyllically quiet fishing village in Northern Iceland—where no one locks their doors. The peace of this close-knit community is shattered by a murder. One of Ari’s colleagues is gunned down at point-blank range in the dead of night in a deserted house. With a killer on the loose and the dark Arctic waters closing in, it falls to Ari Thor to piece together a puzzle that involves a new mayor and a psychiatric ward in Reykjavik. It becomes all too clear that tragic events from the past are weaving a sinister spell that may threaten them all.