Leonardo Sciascia Livres

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Une mystérieuse association subversive, des crimes inexpliqués, et l'enquête d'un commissaire de police amoureux de la gravure de Dürer, Le Chevalier, la Mort et le Diable. Ce récit est l'un des derniers textes écrits par Sciascia : derrière l'intrigue policière serrée et l'atmosphère étouffante du " thriller ", on devine comme une désespérance. Leçon : le Diable n'a plus besoin de s'occuper du monde, les hommes le font pour lui et réussissent parfaitement dans cet emploi.

En Sicile, à la fin de la Seconde Guerre mondiale, un jeune garçon assiste au débarquement américain dans son petit village de Catane. Mais il est surtout le témoin d’un débarquement autrement plus décisif, au sein de sa famille celui-là : celui de sa «tante dAmérique», avec son cortège de dollars et de marchandises made in USA… Mêlant avec brio la grande et la petite histoire, le récit cocasse d’une période mouvementée à travers un regard d’enfant.

On March 16, 1978 Aldo Moro, a former Prime Minister of Italy, was ambushed in Rome. Within three minutes the gang killed his escort and bundled Moro into one of three getaway cars. An hour later the terrorist group the Red Brigades announced that Moro was in their hands; on March 18 they said he would be tried in a "people's court of justice." Seven weeks later Moro's body was discovered in the trunk of a car parked in the crowded center of Rome. The Moro Affair presents a chilling picture of how a secretive government and a ruthless terrorist faction help to keep each other in business. Also included in this book is "The Mystery of Majorana," Sciascia's fascinating investigation of the disappearance of a major Italian physicist during Mussolini's regime.

A string of high-profile murders leads an inspector to believe there is more to his case than mere personal grudge - but can he prove it?

A man is shot dead as he runs to catch the bus in the piazza of a small Sicilian town. Captain Bellodi, the detective on the case, is new to his job and determined to prove himself. Bellodi suspects the Mafia, and his suspicions grow when he finds himself up against an apparently unbreachable wall of silence. A surprise turn puts him on the track of a series of nasty crimes. But all the while Bellodi's investigation is being carefully monitored by a host of observers, near and far. They share a single to keep the truth from coming out.This short, beautifully paced novel is a mesmerizing description of the Mafia at work.

Contiene:Il Contesto, Todo Modo, La scomparsa di Majorana, I pugnalatori, Candido, L'affaire Moro, Nero su nero, Dalle parti degli infedeli, Il teatro della memoria, Cruciverba.

Das Buch enthält drei Erzählungen von Leornardo Sciascia, der im deutschsprachigen Raum vor allem durch seine Werke über die Mafia bekannt geworden ist. Il lungo viaggio erzählt vom Verlassen der Heimat. In Il mare colore del vino gibt ein temperamentvolles Mädchen Anlass zum Gespräch zwischen ihrer sizilianischen Familie und einem norditalienischen Ingenieur. L’esame handelt von Ursachen für Emigration und ihren Folgen.