The Inspector Barlach Mysteries - The Judge and His Hangman and Suspicion
The Judge and His Hangman and Suspicion
(Sprache: Englisch)
This volume offers bracing new translations of two precursors to the modern detective novel by Friedrich Durrenmatt, whose genre-bending mysteries recall the work of Alain Robbe-Grillet and anticipate the postmodern fictions of Paul Auster and other...
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This volume offers bracing new translations of two precursors to the modern detective novel by Friedrich Durrenmatt, whose genre-bending mysteries recall the work of Alain Robbe-Grillet and anticipate the postmodern fictions of Paul Auster and other contemporary neo-noir novelists. Both mysteries follow Inspector Barlach as he moves through worlds in which the distinction between crime and justice seems to have vanished. In "The Judge and His Hangman," Barlach forgoes the arrest of a murderer in order to manipulate him into killing another, more elusive criminal. And in "Suspicion," Barlach pursues a former Nazi doctor by checking into his clinic with the hope of forcing him to reveal himself. The result is two thrillers that bring existential philosophy and the detective genre into dazzling convergence.
Autoren-Porträt von Friedrich Durrenmatt, Sven Birkerts
Am 5. Januar 1921 kam Friedrich Dürrenmatt in Konolfingen im Kanton Bern als Sohn eines Pfarrers zur Welt. Er studierte in Zürich und Bern Theologie, Literatur, Philosophie und Naturwissenschaften. Eigentlich wollte er Maler werden, schrieb aber schon in den 40er Jahren Erzählungen. 1947 löste sein Drama 'Es steht geschrieben' einen Theaterskandal aus. Ab 1952 lebte Dürrenmatt in Neuchtel. Mit dem Drama 'Der Besuch der alten Dame' (1956) hatte er einen Welterfolg. 1968 wurde er Theaterdirektor in Basel. In dieser Zeit schrieb er viele Neufassungen seiner älteren Werke. Friedrich Dürrenmatt starb am 14.12.1990 in Neuch
tel.
Seine erzählerischen Werke sind oft Detektivgeschichten, und seine Dramen sind oft Tragikomödien, in denen es Elemente von Satire, Farce, und schwarzem Humor gibt. Ein zentrales Thema seiner Werke ist die Macht und die Frage der Verantwortung in einer scheinbar chaotischen Welt.
1986 wurde Friedrich Dürrenmatt mit dem Georg-Büchner-Preis ausgezeichnet.
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autoren: Friedrich Durrenmatt , Sven Birkerts
- 2006, 208 Seiten, Maße: 14,1 x 21,6 cm, Kartoniert (TB), Englisch
- Übersetzer: Joel Agee
- Verlag: University of Chicago Press
- ISBN-10: 0226174441
- ISBN-13: 9780226174440
- Erscheinungsdatum: 20.10.2006
Sprache:
Englisch
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"Friedrich Durrenmatt (1921-1990) was best known as the author of clever, morally inquisitive plays such as 'The Visit' and 'The Physicists.' In the early 1950s he also wrote three short, spellbinding mystery novels, which the University of Chicago Press has reissued in paperback with new translations from the German by Joel Agee: "The Pledge" and "The Inspector Barlach Mysteries: ""The Judge and His Hangman &""Suspicion". The latter includes a thoughtful foreword by Sven Birkerts, who praises Durrenmatt's talent as a captivating entertainer who could also 'play through complex moral issues with a speed-chess decisiveness and inexorability.' . . . These are slender tales. But they have the weight and texture of classics. Mystery readers should be grateful to the University of Chicago Press for bringing these gems back to life."--Richard Lipez"Washington Post" (02/04/2007)
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