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Παρουσίαση

Today, translated crime fiction is in vogue - but this was not always the case. A century before Scandi noir, writers across Europe and beyond were publishing detective stories of high quality. Often these did not appear in English and they have been known only by a small number of experts.
This is the first ever collection of classic crime in translation from the golden age of the genre in the 20th century. Many of these stories are exceptionally rare, and several have been translated for the first time to appear in this volume. Martin Edwards has selected gems of classic crime from Denmark to Japan and many points in between.
Fascinating stories give an insight into the cosmopolitan cultures (and crime-writing traditions) of diverse places including Mexico, France, Russia, Germany and the Netherlands. (From the publisher)

Περιεχόμενα

INTRODUCTION
The Swedish Match
Anton Chekhov
A Sensible Course of Action
Palle Rosenkrantz
Strange Tracks
Balduin Groller
The Kennel
Maurice Level
Footprints in the Snow
Maurice Leblanc
The Return of Lord Kingwood
!vans
The Stage Box Murder
Paul Rosenhayn
The Spider
Koga Saburo
The Venom of the Tarantula
Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay
Murder a la Carte
Jean-Toussaint Samat
The Cold Night's Clearing
Keikichi Osaka
The Mystery of the Green Room
Pierre Very
Kippers
John Flanders
The Lipstick and the Teacup
Havank
The Puzzle of the Broken Watch
Maria Elvira Bermudez