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Type(s) de contenu et mode(s) de consultation : Texte noté : électronique
Auteur(s) : Forshaw, Barry
Titre(s) : Death in a cold climate [Texte électronique] : a guide to Scandinavian crime fiction / Barry Forshaw
Publication : Basingstoke, Hampshire ; New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2012
Description matérielle : 1 online resource (ix, 207 pages)
Collection : Crime files series
Note(s) : Death in a Cold Climate is a celebration and analysis of Scandinavian crime fiction,
one of the most successful literary genres. Barry Forshaw, the UK's principal expert
on crime fiction, discusses books, films and TV adaptations, from Sjowall and Wahl̲̲'s
influential 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. In intelligent but accessible fashion, the book examines
the massive commercial appeal of the field along with Nordic cultural differences
from Iceland to Denmark. Including unique interview material with writers, publishers
and translators, this is the perfect reader's guide to the hottest strand of crime
fiction today, examined both as a literary form and as an index to the societies it
reflects. Includes Stieg Larsson, Henning Mankell, Jo Nesb̜, H̄kan Nesser, Karin Fossum,
Camilla L̃ckberg, Liza Marklund, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Arnaldur Indri̧ason, Roslund &
Hellstr̲mand many others.
This title is a celebration and analysis of Scandinavian crime fiction, one of the
most successful literary genres. Barry Forshaw, the UK's principal expert on crime
fiction, discusses books, films and TV adaptations, from Sjowall and Wahloo's influential
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. In intelligent but accessible fashion, the book examines the massive
commercial appeal of the field along with Nordic cultural differences from Iceland
to Denmark. Including unique interview material with writers, publishers and translators,
this is the perfect reader's guide to the hottest strand of crime fiction today, examined
both as a literary form and as an index to the societies it reflects. Includes Stieg
Larsson, Henning Mankell, Jo Nesbo, Hakan Nesser, Karin Fossum, Camilla Lackberg,
Liza Marklund, Jussi Adler-Olsen, Arnaldur Indrioason, Roslund & Hellstromand many
others.
Genre ou forme : Roman scandinave
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780230363502
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb43707227c
Notice n° :
FRBNF43707227
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Crime and the Left -- The Cracks Appear: Henning
Mankell -- Sweden: The Dream Darkens -- Sweden: Foreign Policy and Unreliable Narratives
-- Last Orders: The Larsson Phenomenon -- The Fight Back: Anti-Larsson Writers --
Criminals and Criminologists -- Norway: Crime and Context -- Norway and Nesb̜ -- Iceland:
Crime and Context -- Fringe Benefits: Icelandic Woes -- Finland: Crime and Context
-- Death in Denmark -- Danish Uncertainties -- Film and TV Adaptations -- Bibliography
-- Index.
