Donna Leon Poradie kníh (chronologicky)

This engaging collection of stories and essays by the celebrated author of the internationally bestselling Guido Brunetti series showcases her delightful humor and irony. In her memoir, she previously offered a colorful tour of her life, from childhood in New Jersey to adventures in China and Iran, and her love of Venice and opera, but did not delve into her writing life. In this work, she reveals her admiration for great crime novelists like Ruth Rendell and Ross Macdonald, examining their storytelling techniques while dissecting her favorite books. She expresses her love for Dickens' *Great Expectations* and appreciates Sir Walter Scott's generosity of spirit. The author chronicles her extensive research efforts to authentically portray places and characters through Guido Brunetti and his colleagues, including interviewing a diamond dealer in Venice about blood diamonds and connecting with a courageous sex worker to accurately depict women's trafficking in Italy. Venice remains central in her memories, from the irritation of a noisy neighbor to the origins of Carnevale. Her teaching career yields memorable tales, such as helping a young Black boy in Newark and instructing Iranian pilots just before the 1979 Revolution. Throughout, she proves to be as compelling a storyteller about her own life as she is in chronicling Brunetti's adventures. Readers will find themselves captivated by her world.

Scherben auf der Piazza San Marco. Zwei Kinderbanden sind aneinandergeraten, mitten in der Nacht. Während Commissario Griffoni mit weiblichem Gespür herauszubekommen versucht, wie ein Teenager in den Sog eines Flashmobs geraten konnte, nutzt Brunetti seine eigenen Connections. Ja sogar Vice-Questore Patta ist zu allem bereit, um sich und seine Leute vor Vorkommnissen zu schützen, die zumal in einer Touristenstadt wie Venedig nicht willkommen sind.

»Die Charaktere aus der Feder guter Autoren sind wie echte Menschen, nur echter«, sagt Donna Leon. Darum wohl ist ihr Leben auch so reich an Figuren, echten und erfundenen. In Backstage tritt eine bunte Truppe auf: das Rock-Genie Frank Zappa, Venedigs bekanntester Diamantenhändler, eine tollkühne Sexworkerin, ein cleverer Komponist, tragische Helden, bewunderte Kollegen und Kolleginnen. Donna Leon gestaltet diese Begegnungen zu funkelnden Geschichten.

When two teenage gangs are arrested after clashing violently in one of Venice's campi, the son of a local hero is implicated. But when Commissario Guido Brunetti is asked by a wealthy foreigner to vet this man, Monforte, for a job, he discovers that Monforte might not be such a hero after all. This seeming contradiction, and a brutal attack on one of Brunetti's colleagues by a possible gang member, concentrate Brunetti's attentions. Soon, he discovers the sordid hypocrisy surrounding Monforte's past, culminating in a fiery meeting of two gangs and a final opportunity for redemption. A Refiner's Fireis Donna Leon at her very best- an elegant, sophisticated storyteller whose indelible characters become richer with each book, and who constantly interrogates the ambiguity between moral and legal justice.

Scherben auf der Piazza San Marco. Zwei Kinderbanden sind aneinandergeraten, mitten in der Nacht. Während Commissario Griffoni mit weiblichem Gespür herauszubekommen versucht, wie ein Teenager in den Sog eines Flashmobs geraten konnte, nutzt Brunetti seine eigenen Connections. Ja sogar Vice-Questore Patta ist zu allem bereit, um sich und seine Leute vor Vorkommnissen zu schützen, die zumal in einer Touristenstadt wie Venedig nicht willkommen sind.

Dans la belle Venise, les activités criminelles semblent se calmer tandis que la ville sort de la pandémie. Le commissaire Brunetti profite de ce moment pour renouer avec la splendeur de la Sérénissime et sa riche culture. Cependant, la trêve prend fin quand une amie d'enfance de Brunetti arrive en catastrophe à la questure. Elle soupçonne son gendre d'être mêlé à des affaires sordides, et de mettre ainsi toute sa famille en danger. Brunetti va mener l'enquête en secret, aidé de la signorina Elettra et de la commissaire Claudia Griffoni, au risque de désobéir à sa hiérarchie. En démêlant les noeuds de cette histoire, il va remonter jusqu'aux milieux mafieux de la ville et faire éclater au grand jour une vérité terrible. Mensonges, arnaques et menaces... Le commissaire saura-t-il protéger son amie tout en faisant respecter la loi ? [payot.ch]

On a cold November evening, Guido Brunetti and Paola are up late when a call from his colleague Ispettore Vianello arrives, alerting the Commissario that a hand has been seen in one of Venice's canals. The body is soon found, and Brunetti is assigned to investigate the murder of an undocumented Sri Lankan immigrant. Because no official record of the man's presence in Venice exists, Brunetti is forced to use the city's far richer sources of information- gossip and the memories of people who knew the victim. Curiously, he had been living in a garden house on the grounds of a palazzo owned by a university professor, in which Brunetti discovers books revealing the victim's interest in Buddhism, the revolutionary Tamil Tigers, and the last crop of Italian political terrorists, active in the 1980s. As the investigation expands, Brunetti, Vianello, Commissario Griffoni, and Signorina Elettra each assemble pieces of a puzzle-random information about real estate and land use, books, university friendships-that appear to have little in common. Until Brunetti stumbles over something that transports him back to his own student days, causing him to reflect on lost ideals and the errors of youth, on Italian politics and history, and on the accidents that sometimes lead to revelation.

In a series of vignettes full of affection, irony, and good humour, Donna Leon narrates a remarkable life she feels has rather more happened to her than been planned.