- Taschenbuch: 192 Seiten
- Verlag: Europa Editions (1. Januar 2006)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1933372052
- ISBN-13: 978-1933372051
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 21 x 13,8 x 1,1 cm
- Durchschnittliche Kundenbewertung: 5.0 von 5 Sternen Alle Rezensionen anzeigen (1 Kundenrezension)
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 541.736 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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Perhaps the most difficult kind of noir novel to pull off is the crime tale narrated by a bad guy--not a crook with a heart of gold but somebody who does bad stuff for bad reasons. Europeans manage this trick much better than Americans, as Carlotto demonstrates here. Giorgio Pellegrino, a former left-wing terrorist, wants to return to Italy and is willing to do anything--including selling out his former friends--to do so. And, worse, he wants a shot at respectability even if it takes an armored-car holdup and numerous murders to make his dream possible. And, of course, he treats women brutally. No, there's nothing to like about Giorgio, yet we watch transfixed as he makes his climb from sewer to suburbs, one bloody rung at a time. The flat narration--just-the-facts-ma'am, without the Dragnet morality--drips with irony as Giorgio announces, "I could finally be like everybody else." Carlotto is highly regarded in Italy, but his work has never received wide distribution here. That needs to change. Bill Ott
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Copyright © American Library Association. All rights reserved
Synopsis
A fugitive from justice returns to Italy where he is wanted for a series of crimes. To avoid prison he sells out his old friends, turns his back on his former ideals, and cuts deals with crooked cops. To achieve the guise of respectability he is willing to go even further, maybe even as far as murder.
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Not the Best, But one of The Best - The Italian Jim Thompson?
2. Januar 2006
Format:Taschenbuch
Well, I am glad that they translated Carlotto in English. I guess there is something in this novel that US crime/noir readers will appreciate: that is, the story told by the Bad Guy. And this Bad Guy, the narrating I of this dark story of corruption, violence, and politics (plenty of politics), is as good (or as bad) as the charaters you may meet in the pages of that underrated genius of US fiction, Jim Thompson.
The man who tells the story is a former Brigate Rosse terrorist and exile. But he is above all a cynical, cold, amoral individual. His story is the grim tale of how you can be formally rehabilitated, thanks to good connections and a corrupt political system, yet remaining the insensitive thug you were. And such cold, cynical people are always appreciated in a world like the Italian Nordest in the 90s, where only money and glamour and power count.
Carlotto's simple style has been criticized because it doesn't meet the literary standards of critics who only care for a high number of synonims and adjectives and adverbs. Actually he writes in a language which is as simple, polished and piercing as a bullet. But some of his choices of words and details are simply powerful. And this book is one of those where you couldn't take away anything.
A remarkable thing is that in noir you always have the dark lady. This is an exception. Here you have the dark man. The lady is the only clean person in the story...
The man who tells the story is a former Brigate Rosse terrorist and exile. But he is above all a cynical, cold, amoral individual. His story is the grim tale of how you can be formally rehabilitated, thanks to good connections and a corrupt political system, yet remaining the insensitive thug you were. And such cold, cynical people are always appreciated in a world like the Italian Nordest in the 90s, where only money and glamour and power count.
Carlotto's simple style has been criticized because it doesn't meet the literary standards of critics who only care for a high number of synonims and adjectives and adverbs. Actually he writes in a language which is as simple, polished and piercing as a bullet. But some of his choices of words and details are simply powerful. And this book is one of those where you couldn't take away anything.
A remarkable thing is that in noir you always have the dark lady. This is an exception. Here you have the dark man. The lady is the only clean person in the story...
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A black and white picture of obscure society corners
14. Oktober 2007
Format:Taschenbuch
I add this review above all as I disagree with a previous review from another reader. Comparing books, as he does, is a tricky and complex task. Thompson and Carlotto books are quite different under any aspect. Background, aims, means. Thompson and Carlotto are interested on focusing and bringing into light different aspects of crime. Some 50 more years have gone by between the two books. To advise re-reading Thompson in writing on Carlotto is as advising to re-read "Crime and Punishment" commenting on Thompson. Carlotto depicts a provocative and enlighting scenario of the post-70s european generation (non-UK, especially French, Italian, Spanish and German), of the 80s need of conformism and modern hypocrisy. The noir plot is, as in best writers (as Durenmatt), an excuse for bringing into light dark places of our societies.
An Unusual but Sublime Read. Great Translation Also.
3. Mai 2012
Format:Kindle Edition
I have read this three times now. Sure it's noir and it's dark and it's full of twists and great characters - but honestly, what hooks me is the energy of the thing.
It doesn't have a structure in the may it ought to. It seems almost amateurish in the way it's put together (his other books are more professional), but this novel moves with the power of an express train and i loved it froom beginning to end. The first twelve pages move so quickly that you can hardly get your breath. People aren't supposed to write like this - it's like a dark, nasty stream of consciousness where so much happens it's unreal.
But it works. The voice and the language are superb, so hats off to the translator for bringing them across so well.
Not everyone will like this. It's very dark, nasty and violent, but casual with it. A remarkable book.
It doesn't have a structure in the may it ought to. It seems almost amateurish in the way it's put together (his other books are more professional), but this novel moves with the power of an express train and i loved it froom beginning to end. The first twelve pages move so quickly that you can hardly get your breath. People aren't supposed to write like this - it's like a dark, nasty stream of consciousness where so much happens it's unreal.
But it works. The voice and the language are superb, so hats off to the translator for bringing them across so well.
Not everyone will like this. It's very dark, nasty and violent, but casual with it. A remarkable book.
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