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Si vive bene in due
Cesare Vairaghi ha ventiquattro anni, vive a Milano e vuole aprire una libreria, ma ha bisogno di un prestito per riuscirci. Intorno a lui, tre donne che non potrebbero essere più diverse. Benedetta, la fidanzata e promessa sposa, lo aiuta a realizzare il suo sogno con il denaro della dote. Nel loro idillio entra Candida, una donna elegante, affezionata cliente del negozio, che sembra interessata alle edizioni rare almeno quanto al nuovo giovane libraio. Intanto Cristina, un’amica comune di Benedetta e di Cesare, dà una mano in libreria ed è sempre più presente nelle loro vite. Un romanzo ritrovato di Giorgio Scerbanenco torna in libreria dopo quasi ottant’anni, per raccontare come s...
Giorgio Scerbanenco
This book discusses Giorgio Scerbanenco's representation of criminal environments in his Duca Lamberti series (1966-69), focusing in particular on three innovative aspects characterising Italian crime fiction in the 1960s: Scerbanenco's portrayal of the urban space, violence and gender and its cognitive and emotional impact on the reader.
A Private Venus
"A noir writer richly deserving rediscovery." —Publishers Weekly The book that gave birth to Italian noir . . . Milan, 1966: When Dr. Duca Lamberti is released from prison, he’s lost his medical license and his options are few. But thanks to an old connection, he lands a job, although it’s a tricky one: guarding the alcoholic son of a plastics millionaire. But Lamberti soon discovers that the young man has a terrible secret, rooted in the mysterious death of a beautiful woman on the gritty side of town. The fast cars, high fashion, and chic nightclubs of glitzy and swinging Milan conceal a dirty reality . . . This is no dolce vita. A Private Venus marks the beginning of Italian noir: Giorgio Scerbanenco pioneered a new type of novel that trained its gaze on the crime and desperation that roiled under prosperous Italian society in the 1960s. And at the heart of this book is Duca Lamberti, an unforgettable protagonist: obsessive, world-weary, unconventional in his methods, and trying hard not to make another fatal mistake. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Cinema fra le donne
A Milano, la Pia Casa garantisce ospitalità gratuita alle donne con gravi problemi economici e personali: è un luogo in cui rifugiarsi, ma anche il primo passo per trovare un proprio posto nel mondo, e ricominciare a vivere. Cristina, Maria, Franca, Anna e Gertrude sono solo alcune delle anime alla deriva che popolano l’ostello: ognuna di loro ha una storia che non vuole raccontare e da cui, inevitabilmente, continua a fuggire. Un passato che, di tanto in tanto, si ripresenta più forte e feroce. La loro routine è scompaginata quando una troupe cinematografica arriva nella casa per girare le scene di un film, a cui le donne sono chiamate a partecipare. Il cinema porta i suoi sogni e le ...
Traitors to All
English translation originally published in 2013 in the United Kingdom by Hersilia Press as: Betrayal.
Italian Crime Fiction
Italian Crime Fiction is the first study in the English language to focus specifically on Italian detective and noir fiction from the 1930s to the present. The eight chapters include studies on some of the founding fathers of the Italian tradition, and mainstream writers. The volume has a particular focus on the new generation of crime writers.
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Il cane che parla
Un assassinio sul treno per il timidissimo investigatore Arthur Jelling; e due misteri da risolvere: la vittima è stata uccisa con un colpo partito dall’esterno o, con un misterioso artificio, dall’interno? E chi ha potuto provocare l’arresto del treno necessario all’assassino per colpire?
Politics and Society in Italian Crime Fiction
This book comprehensively covers the history of Italian crime fiction from its origins to the present. Using the concept of "moral rebellion," the author examines the ways in which Italian crime fiction has articulated the country's social and political changes. The book concentrates on such writers as Augusto de Angelis (1888-1944), Giorgio Scerbanenco (1911-1969), Leonardo Sciascia (1921-1989), Andrea Camilleri (b. 1925), Loriano Macchiavelli (b. 1934), Massimo Carlotto (b. 1956), and Marcello Fois (b. 1960). Through the analysis of writers belonging to differing crucial periods of Italy's history, this work reveals the many ways in which authors exploit the genre to reflect social transformation and dysfunction.
Italian Crime Fiction
The present volume is the first study in the English language to focus specifically on Italian crime fiction, weaving together a historical perspective and a thematic approach, with a particular focus on the representation of space, especially city space, gender, and the tradition of impegno, the social and political engagement which characterised the Italian cultural and literary scene in the postwar period. The 8 chapters in this volume explore the distinctive features of the Italian tradition from the 1930s to the present, by focusing on a wide range of detective and crime novels by selected Italian writers, some of whom have an established international reputation, such as C. E. Gadda, L...
