Uniquely placed to explore the worldwide phenomenon of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy beginning with The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, the book offers the first full-length study of Larsson's work in both its written and filmed forms.
Stieg Larsson a consacré une partie de sa vie à tenter de résoudre l’une des plus grandes énigmes politiques de son temps : le meurtre d’Olof Palme, Premier ministre abattu dans les rues de Stockholm en 1986. C’est après avoir fait mille fois fausse route puis approché de très près la vérité qu’il entame l’écriture de la fameuse trilogie. Des années après sa mort, le journaliste Jan Stocklassa a eu accès à l’intégralité de ses archives, secrètement entreposées dans un hangar. Il décide alors de prendre le relais : cinq ans de recherches, des milliers d’heures passées à éplucher les dossiers en quête de nouveaux indices, des agents étrangers et des intermédiaires en tout genre conduisent à des révélations qui permettent de relancer les investigations de la police. Enquête magistrale et véritable polar, le livre de Jan Stocklassa se dévore comme un roman d’espionnage qui lance le lecteur sur la piste de mouvements d’extrême droite européens, dont la menace grandissante obsédait déjà Stieg Larsson. C’est également un document unique et fascinant sur la vie de l’auteur de Millenium et sur la genèse de cette œuvre connue...
In the Man Who Left Too Soon, top crime fiction journalist Barry Forshaw gives us a fascinating insight into the life and works of this difficult, brilliant and multifaceted man. His best-selling books are violent, terrifying, brilliantly written and have sold millions of copies around the world, but Stieg Larsson was not there to witness any of their international success. That his fame is entirely posthumous demonstrates the dizzying speed with which his star has risen. However, when one looks a little deeper at the man behind these phenomenal novels, it becomes clear that Larsson's life would have been remembered as extraordinary even if his Millennium Trilogy had never been published. Larsson was a workacholic: a keen politcal activist, photographer, graphic desinger, a respected journalist and editor of numerous science fiction magazines...and at night, to relax after work, he wrote thrillers. As the world now knows, he had completed his third book, The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest, by the time of his death at just 50 years of age.
Além de criador da série Millennium, iniciada com o best-seller 'Os Homens que Não Amavam as Mulheres', o escritor sueco Stieg Larsson é, ele próprio, um personagem tão ou mais surpreendente que aqueles de seus livros. Um menino que passou seus primeiros nove anos de vida em uma floresta da Suécia, que foi instrutor militar de uma guerrilha marxista na África e tornou-se um dos mais importantes ativistas antirracistas da Escandinávia, Larsson foi aclamado como a maior revelação da literatura policial europeia recente antes mesmo que a série Millennium fosse publicada, e morreu antes de ver impresso o primeiro livro da série. Morreu com a certeza que sua criação faria sucesso, mas, certamente, sem imaginar que o sucesso seria mundial e tão estrondoso. É essa história de uma vida tão breve, mas tão intensa, que Guillaume Lebeau conta nesta obra. Jornalista, escritor e documentarista, Lebeau é um especialista na literatura policial do norte da Europa. Com a ajuda do desenhista Frédéric Rébéna criou essa biografia em quadrinhos que arrancou elogios da crítica especializada, mas também da grande mídia, como na revista francesa Elle, que destacou esta HQ como ...
Los artículos que el director de Expo, Daniel Poohl, ha reunido en este volumen son una selección de los cientos de textos que Larsson escribió y publicó a propósito de las ideas a las que consagró su vida: la defensa de los desprotegidos, los inmigrantes, la lucha contra el extremismo fascista en un ámbito internacional, y la denuncia al maltrato y la discriminación contra las mujeres. Es la faceta de un periodista comprometido y batallador, distinta a la del exitoso escritor de la saga Millennium, pero que alimenta y sostiene la fuerza contundente de las novelas. La imagen más certera de Stieg Larsson, un hombre que consagró su vida a denunciar las injusticias no por dinero, no para obtener celebridad, sino simplemente porque creía que debía hacerlo.
Until the posthumous publication of the Millenium Trilogy, Stieg Larsson was probably best known for his commitment to left-wing causes, and his tireless work as an anti-fascist activist. Horrified by the rise of far-right extremism in Sweden, he threw himself into monitoring and exposing these often shadowy and violent groups and gained an international reputation for the depth of his achievements and knowledge. However his work carried substantial risks and he and his partner Eva Gabrielsson lived in constant fear for their lives. Jan Erik-Pettersson shows how Stieg's activism and energetic championing of social justice and women's rights characterised his life, as well as demonstrating how these concerns animated his huge-selling Millennium Trilogy, in particular the unforgettable character of Lisbeth Salander. He also persuasively establishes Stieg's place within the explosion of Scandinavian crime with which his novels are so closely associated, showing that in many ways his fiction stands somewhat apart from the work of other authors in this tradition. In Stieg Jan Erik-Pettersson portrays a man willing to put his life at risk in order to fight for the things in which he...
After taking his home country by storm with the Millennium trilogy, Swedish author Stieg Larsson went on to capture the imagination of the rest of the world. Hardcore fans, of which there are thousands-maybe even more-need no further introduction. However, even if you haven't read his books, you have probably heard of them anyway, as successful movie versions have already been created. The latest release, The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, specifically the American version with Daniel Craig top billing as Mikael Blomkvist, has proven itself a box office hit. Stieg Larsson may have known that his books would be successful, but he probably had no idea about the actual magnitude their fame would achieve. After all, with only three books published out of the several he had in mind, he has already gained worldwide acclaim.
La trilogie Millénium a déjà converti près de huit millions d'adeptes dans le monde. Un tel phénomène littéraire méritait plus qu'un décryptage, il fallait une véritable enquête policière pour comprendre qui était Stieg Larsson et d'où viennent Lisbeth Salander et Mikael Blomqvist. Larsson était-il un génie ? Un féministe militant ? Un héros du combat contre l'extrême-droite ? Est-il mort à cause de ses livres ? Existe-t-il une suite aux aventures de Lisbeth Salander ?
Best seller mundial. Más de 250.000 ejemplares vendidos en todo el mundo. Después de diez años, toda la investigación hecha por Stieg Larsson sale a la luz. Descubre el mayor asesinato político sin resolver de todos los tiempos. «(...) encontré el archivo olvidado de Stieg Larsson y me adentré en un mundo lleno de personas y sucesos que parecían sacados de sus novelas. Personajes igual de extremos que Lisbeth Salander y Alexander Zalachenko. Pero reales. Asesinos y sus víctimas. Espías que espían a otros espías. Mujeres y niños asesinados. Ordenadores pirateados, grabaciones secretas, operaciones encubiertas. Y muerte. Muchísima muerte, malvada y repentina. Las tres novelas de Stieg Larsson han vendido más de ochenta millones de ejemplares, pero su principal obra no fue escribir novelas. Dedicó toda su vida adulta a luchar contra el creciente movimiento de la extrema derecha. Ya a principios de la década de los noventa, alertó sobre un partido político recién nacido llamado Demócratas de Suecia. El mismo que veinticinco años más tarde es uno de los tres grandes partidos de Suecia y que ha redibujado el panorama político del país. El segundo proyecto más...
Who Said Men Get to Monopolize the Glory? Discover the Little Known Women Who Have Put the World's Alpha Males on the Map. From ancient times to the present, men have gotten most of the good ink. Yet standing just outside the spotlight are the extraordinary, and overlooked, wives and companions who are just as instrumental in shaping the destinies of their famous—and infamous—men. This witty, illuminating book reveals the remarkable stories of forty captivating females, from Constance Lloyd (Mrs. Oscar Wilde) to Carolyn Adams (Mrs. Jerry Garcia), who have stood behind their legendary partners and helped to humanize them, often at the cost of their own careers, reputations, and happiness. Through fame and its attendant ills—alcoholism, infidelity, mental illness, divorce, and even attempted murder—these powerful women quietly propelled their men to the top and changed the course of history. Meet the Untold Half of History, Including: •Alma Reville (Mrs. Alfred Hitchcock) •Elena Diakonova (Mrs. Salvador Dali) •Winifred Madikizela (Mrs. Nelson Mandela) •Ann Charteris (Mrs. Ian Fleming, a.k.a. Mrs. James Bond) •Ruth Alpern (Mrs. Bernie Maddoff) And 35 more!
WHO IS STIEG LARSSON? The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. The Girl Who Played with Fire. The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet’s Nest. In 2005, Lisbeth Salander exploded as a cultural icon, captivating fans around the world, first in the bestselling suspense novels and later in the film adaptations. But what of her creator? Stieg Larsson—the man behind the Millennium Trilogy phenomenon— died tragically of a heart attack on the eve of the first book’s publication, leaving a brilliant legacy soon shrouded in mystery and controversy. Now, fellow journalist and activist Kurdo Baksi—who worked closely with Larsson for a decade and appears as himself in Larsson’s fiction—presents a heart-piercing tribute to a close friend that is also a clearheaded analysis of a complex man. This memoir is a candid attempt to answer many questions about Larsson, including: his upbringing; the death threats from neo-Nazi groups that plagued both Larsson’s and Baksi’s daily lives; Larsson’s insomnia and prodigious capacity for work . . . and his stubborn dogmatism when he felt he was right, an uncompromising side that could—and often did—lead him into trouble. Baksi sheds light on some of...
Stieg Larssons former publisher reveals the real man behind the mega-bestselling Millennium Trilogy--a man who fought heroically for human rights, and who brought that same political and moral passion to his writing. Until the trilogys posthumous publication, Larsson was best known for his devotion to left-wing causes and as a tireless anti-fascist activist. Horrified by the rise of far-right extremism in Sweden, he dedicated himself to exposing these often shadowy and violent groups--at great personal risk--gaining international respect for the depth of his commitment and knowledge. Jan-Erik Pettersson shows how Stiegs energetic championing of social justice and womens rights characterized his life as well as his work, finally animating the Millennium Trilogy and particularly the character of the unforgettable Lisbeth Salander. Throughout the book Pettersson explores the issues, people, and places who inspired Larssons portrayal of Salander and her champion, journalist Michael Blomkvist.
The essential companion to Stieg Larsson's bestselling trilogy and director David Fincher's 2011 film adaptation Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium Trilogy—The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest—is an international phenomenon. These books express Larsson's lifelong war against injustice, his ethical beliefs, and his deep concern for women's rights. The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo and Philosophy probes the compelling philosophical issues behind the entire trilogy. What philosophies do Lisbeth Salander and Kant have in common? To catch a criminal, can Lisbeth and Mikael be criminals themselves? Can revenge be ethical? Drawing on some of history's greatest philosophical minds, this book gives fresh insights into Larsson's ingeniously plotted tale of crime and corruption. Looks at compelling philosophical issues such as a feminist reading of Lisbeth Salander, Aristotelian arguments for why we love revenge, how Kant can explain why so many women sleep with Mikael Blomkvist, and many more Includes a chapter from a colleague of Larsson's—who worked with him in anti-Nazi activities—that explores Larsson's...
En la que sin duda es su crónica más emocionante, Juan Villoro cuenta cómo estuvo en condiciones de comparar la intensidad de dos de los terremotos más terribles que ha sufrido América Latina: el de 1985 en la ciudad de México y el de 2010 en Santiago de Chile. Convencido de que estos desastres deben contarse con las más representativas de las voces implicadas, Villoro tomó los relatos de sus compañeros de temblor y construyó un concierto de impresiones en el que no faltan el suspenso o el absurdo. Además de una arrebatadora narración coral sobre las distintas estrategias para sobrevivir al espanto, 8.8: El miedo en el espejo recurre al ensayo, al relato y al testimonio de otros escritores que, como Kleist, han narrado terremotos verdaderos o ficticios a fin de descubrir la dimensión literaria de una realidad movediza. Al otorgarle a Juan Villoro el Premio Internacional de Periodismo Rey de España a principios de 2010, el jurado destacó no sólo la calidad de la escritura, o la clarividencia en la elección del tema, sino las múltiples perspectivas plásticas, musicales, literarias, políticas y sociológicas "desde las que el autor ha analizado una realidad tan...
Celebro con la Universidad de Sinaloa este volumen dedicado a la memoria de Everardo Mendoza. Nada más justo que varios de sus amigos y alumnos se hayan reunido para recordarlo, mostrando su aprecio y, en varios casos, su papel en la investigación contemporánea acerca de la lengua española en Sinaloa en particular, en el Noroeste en general. Como comentan Rafael Saldívar Acosta y Antonio Reyes Pérez en su contribución a este volumen, «es indudable que una de las aportaciones más importantes en la destacada labor de Everardo Mendoza fue la consolidación del habla del noroeste como una variante dialectal legítima, con rasgos emblemáticos y con situaciones de contacto particulares que la diferencian de otras variantes y la sitúan como un habla atrayente, aunque, lastimosamente, poco representativa del español mexicano». Su valoración es justa: Everardo Mendoza no solo consolidó el interés por el español del noroeste mexicano, sino que dejó una herencia de datos y exposiciones cuyo valor para su conocimiento es imperecedero: desde El habla de Sinaloa, materiales para su estudio, en colaboración con Maritza López Berríos (1997), El léxico de Sinaloa (2002),...
Marxist theories have had a profound influence on crime fiction, beginning with the works of the American writers of the 1930s. This study explores the development of a Swedish Marxist noir subgenre after the 1990s through a Marxist reading of central works, from the Marlowe novels of Raymond Chandler to the 1960s social crime fiction of Sjowall-Wahloo to modern bestselling authors such as Henning Mankell, Stieg Larsson, Roslund & Hellstrom, Jens Lapidus, Arne Dahl and others. The works of these writers show a common thread of Marxist worldview in their portrayal of a modern world gone wrong.
In the world of books and literature, “hype” is associated with bestsellerism - the books that sell the most, are read by vast numbers, and constantly talked about in media and staff rooms. Often, it is the success in itself that generates an interest because popularity begets popularity. Quite often though, a hyped bestseller is met with a skeptic criticism of poor language, a badly constructed plot, a predictable story line, or all three. The bestseller phenomenon is sometimes conceived as a threat against “real” literature. Research into the creation, reception, and meaning of bestsellers is utterly scarce and Hype: Bestsellers and Literary Culture is an important contribution to the understanding of the literature read by the masses. Popular literature plays an important role in the lives of millions of readers, offering entertainment, social commentary, and alternate perspectives on everyday life. This volume brings together such diverse issues as the creation of hype, the role and the meaning of the author in the present-day media landscape, changes in the book trade, and the relationship between bestsellers and research into them. Further articles give an historical ...
La hackeuse Lisbeth Salander a un nouveau projet : pirater un gigantesque data center, afin de porter à la connaissance du public les sulfureux dossiers des services secrets suédois... Sauf que l'on ne s'attaque pas impunément à pareil adversaire... Trinity, une amie de Lisbeth, va vite en faire l'expérience. Le dernier recours de la jeune femme : le journaliste Mikael Blomkvist, travaillant sur l'ascension de l'extrême droite en Suède. Un sujet peut-être pas si éloigné du sien...
An international team of scholars explores the historical origins, cultural dissemination and continuing literary and psychological power of fairy tales.
Following World War II, film noir became the dominant cinematic expression of Cold War angst, influencing new trends in European and Asian filmmaking. International Noir examines film noir's influence on the cinematic traditions of Britain, France, Scandinavia, Japan, Hong Kong, Korea, and India. This book suggests that the film noir style continues to appeal on such a global scale because no other cinematic form has merged style and genre to effect a vision of the disturbing consequences of modernity. International noir has, however, adapted and adopted noir themes and aesthetic elements so that national cinemas can boast an independent and indigenous expression of the genre. Ranging from Japanese silent films and women's films to French, Hong Kong, and Nordic New Waves, this book also calls into question critical assessments of noir in international cinemas. In short, it challenges prevailing film scholarship to renegotiate the concept of noir. Ending with an examination of Hollywood's neo-noir recontextualization of the genre, and post-noir's reinvigorating critique of this aesthetic, International Noir offers Film Studies scholars an in-depth commentary on this influential...
This book is a comprehensive study of Nordic Noir television drama from the 1990’s until today. The authors introduce the history of contemporary Nordic Noir from the perspective of place, production and location studies. The chapters include readings of well-known television crime dramas such as Beck, The Killing, Trapped and The Bridge as well as a range of other important Nordic Noir cases. The authors position the development of Nordic Noir in the global market for popular television drama and place the international attention towards Nordic crime dramas within regional development of drama production in Sweden, Denmark, Norway and Iceland. Consequently, Nordic Noir is read as both a transnational financial and creative phenomenon and as a local possibility for community building. Offering a comprehensible, scholarly and methodologically original approach to the popularity of Nordic television crime dramas, this volume is aimed at readers with an interest in crime drama as well as scholars and students of television drama.
Why have authors from the safe, social welfare state Sweden captivated the minds of the crime fiction readers across the globe? Kerstin Bergman suggests that killer marketing and a widespread curiosityabout the “exotic” Nordic welfare states, their waste landscapes and alleged gender equality, has propelled these authors and novels into the international spotlight. Bergman uses this innovative angle to retell the recent history of crime fiction in Sweden, exploring central themes and selecting key authors that have garnered national and international acclaim for their lethal plots. Swedish Crime Fiction: The Making of Nordic Noir contextualizes the explosive recent history of the genre, offering newcomers and aficionados insights into the minds of protagonists and their literary creators. This is the first research-based and exhaustive presentation of Swedish crime fiction and its Nordic “neighbours” to an international audience.
A fast-paced detective novel about an American jazz-journalist in Stockholm who gets drawn into two unsolved Swedish mysteries: the 1986 murder of prime minister Olof Palme, and Stieg Larsson's missing fourth book.
This volume argues that we must examine the boundaries in fiction and non-fiction crime writing with an awareness of and turn toward the unseen structures and spatial uncertainties that so often lead to and reflect collective fears and anxieties. Drawing upon the insights and expertise of an international array of scholars, the chapters within explore the interplay of the literary, historical, social, and cultural in various modes of crime writing from the 1890s to as recent as 2017. They examine unseen structures and uncertain spaces, and simultaneously provide new insights into the works of iconic authors, such as Christie, and iconic fictional figures, like Holmes, as well as underexplored subjects, including Ukrainian detective fiction of the Soviet period and crime writing by a Bengali police detective at the turn of the twentieth century. The breadth of coverage—of both time and place—is an indicator of a text in which seasoned readers, advanced students, and academics will find new perspectives on crime writing employing theories of cultural memory and deep mapping.
This book reflects on the author’s distinguished scholarly career over half a century, linking personal biography to changes in the discipline of anthropology. Ulf Hannerz presents a number of important essays and a brand new chapter that allow readers to track developments in his own thinking and interests as well as broader changes in the field. In doing so he provides students with valuable insight into the research process and the building of an anthropological career. Featuring work conducted in the United States, Africa, Sweden, Hong Kong, and the Cayman Islands, the book spans a period in which anthropology adapted to new global circumstances and challenges. Hannerz covers the emergence of the fields of urban anthropology, transnational anthropology, and media anthropology in which he has played a significant role. The chapters demonstrate interdisciplinary openings toward other fields and bear witness to anthropology’s connections to world history and to public debates.
Attaques, textes courts d'un auteur franco-danois sur des sujets qui titillent l'homme moderne. Politique (française et internationale), philosophie, littérature, communication et, plus intimement, la vie de couple, l'âge, la mémoire, les croyances - le tout traité avec une pointe d'humour, un brin de provocation. Le mot attaque du titre est à prendre comme amorce, élan...estocade mais aussi comme donner le ton et surtout inviter le lecteur à poursuivre son propre questionnement. Ambition folle - et pourtant. Penser fait du bien!
World-renowned folklorist Maria Tatar reveals an astonishing but long-buried history of heroines, taking us from Cassandra and Scheherazade to Nancy Drew and Wonder Woman. The Heroine with 1,001 Faces dismantles the cult of warrior heroes, revealing a secret history of heroinism at the very heart of our collective cultural imagination. Maria Tatar, a leading authority on fairy tales and folklore, explores how heroines, rarely wielding a sword and often deprived of a pen, have flown beneath the radar even as they have been bent on redemptive missions. Deploying the domestic crafts and using words as weapons, they have found ways to survive assaults and rescue others from harm, all while repairing the fraying edges in the fabric of their social worlds. Like the tongueless Philomela, who spins the tale of her rape into a tapestry, or Arachne, who portrays the misdeeds of the gods, they have discovered instruments for securing fairness in the storytelling circles where so-called women’s work—spinning, mending, and weaving—is carried out. Tatar challenges the canonical models of heroism in Joseph Campbell’s The Hero with a Thousand Faces, with their male-centric emphases on...
Meet Lisbeth Salander, the iconic character who has captivated 100 million readers worldwide "Rest easy, Lisbeth Salander fans - our punk hacker heroine is in good hands" USA Today LISBETH SALANDER AND MIKAEL BLOMKVIST HAVE FALLEN OUT OF TOUCH Then Blomkvist is contacted by renowned Swedish scientist Professor Balder. Warned that his life is in danger, but more concerned for his son's well-being, Balder wants Millennium to publish his story - and it is a terrifying one. More interesting to Blomkvist than Balder's world-leading advances in Artificial Intelligence, is his connection with a certain female superhacker. It seems that Salander, like Balder, is a target of ruthless cyber gangsters - and a violent criminal conspiracy that will very soon bring terror to the snowbound streets of Stockholm, to the Millennium team, and to Blomkvist and Salander themselves. "The most enigmatic and fascinating anti-heroine in fiction" Financial Times "Salander and Blomkvist have survived the authorship transition intact and are just as compelling as ever" New York Times *** Want more Lisbeth? THE GIRL WITH ICE IN HER VEINS, coming August 2025, is available to pre-order now! ***
Salander & Blomkvist harus bekerja sama memadukan keahlian mereka, hacking dan investigasi, untuk mengungkap konspirasi dalam pemerintahan Swedia. [Mizan, Qanita, Terjemahan, Klasik, Indonesia]
Novembre 2017, un des plus grands quotidiens suédois publie une enquête choc. En pleine ère #MeToo, dix-huit Suédoises accusent une personnalité culturelle de harcèlement sexuel et de viol. Cet homme s’appelle Jean-Claude Arnault, il est Français et l’époux d’une poétesse membre éminente de l’Académie suédoise. Viennent s’ajouter des soupçons de fuites sur les lauréats du prix Nobel de littérature, décerné par cette même Académie. Une enquête interne est tenue secrète, mais l’affrontement entre académiciens se répand dans la presse à coup d’insultes et de violentes diatribes. Sidéré par cette histoire en apparence si peu suédoise, Olivier Truc, correspondant à Stockholm depuis 25 ans, décide de mener l’enquête. Il raconte la déflagration nationale, et montre comment ce qui aurait pu n’être qu’un fait-divers presque cocasse reflète les contradictions profondes d’une société en apparence si policée et si progressiste. Il nous emmène dans les archives de l’Académie et dans son restaurant favori, rencontre des personnalités du monde des lettres pour mettre en lumière l’opacité du prix littéraire le plus célèbre au...
Great Adaptations: Screenwriting and Global Storytelling is the Second Place Winner in the 2019 International Writers Awards! A vast majority of Academy Award-winning Best Pictures, television movies of the week, and mini-series are adaptations, watched by millions of people globally. Great Adaptations: Screenwriting and Global Storytelling examines the technical methods of adapting novels, short stories, plays, life stories, magazine articles, blogs, comic books, graphic novels and videogames from one medium to another, focusing on the screenplay. Written in a clear and succinct style, perfect for intermediate and advanced screenwriting students, Great Adaptations explores topics essential to fully appreciating the creative, historical and sociological aspects of the adaptation process. It also provides up-to-date, practical advice on the legalities of acquiring rights and optioning and selling adaptations, and is inclusive of a diverse variety of perspectives that will inspire and challenge students and screenwriters alike. Please follow the link below to a short excerpt from an interview with Carole Dean about Great Adaptations:...
The enormous popularity of Stieg Larsson's Millennium trilogy has raised awareness of other contemporary European authors of crime fiction. As a result, several of these novelists now reach a receptive American audience, eager for fresh perspectives in the genre. This critical text offers an introduction to current European crime writing by exploring ten of the best new crime and mystery authors from Sweden (Stieg Larsson and Henning Mankell), Norway (Karin Fossum and Jo Nesbo), Iceland (Arnaldur Indridason), Italy (Andrea Camilleri), France (Fred Vargas), Scotland (Denise Mina and Philip Kerr), and Ireland (Ken Bruen), who are reshaping the landscape of the modern crime novel. Instructors considering this book for use in a course may request an examination copy here.
L’univers dans lequel nous vivons se définit par les fractures permanentes qui l’agitent. À travers l’essai Noir sur blanc, Michel Bélair nous démontre ses savoirs de ce rayon littéraire qu’il chérit et connaît si bien : le polar. Ce genre littéraire, mettant souvent en scène un moment de crise, se situe à l’intersection des forces qui déchirent le monde et de la manière dont les humains parviennent à survivre aux pressions qui les entourent. C’est un genre littéraire particulièrement riche, diversifié et multiple qui traque l’âme même du dérèglement du monde. Cet essai vise à faire saisir l’ampleur et l’importance du « noir » à travers le portrait de vingt auteurs majeurs, allant d’Andrea Camilleri, Dennis Lehane, Fred Vargas, Philip Kerr à James Lee Burke, Arnaldur Indriðason ou encore Jean-Jacques Pelletier, Donna Leon, Henning Mankell et une dizaine d’autres géants du polar universel.
Contemporary literature encompasses so many genres, literary forms, and themes that it would seem almost impossible to identify a unifying thread between them. Yet in the tradition established by literary heavyweights who came before, modern writers of all stripes and backgrounds have continued to entertain and to confront the social, cultural, and psychological realities of the timesincluding everything from racial identity to war to technologywith their own flair and insight. The diversity of authors profiled hereinfrom Toni Morrison to Sylvia Plath to Stephen King to David Foster Wallaceattests to the scope and complexity of modern society.
From All the President’s Men to Zodiac, some of the most compelling films of the last century have featured depictions of journalists in action. While print journalism struggles to survive, the emergence of news from social media outlets continues to expand, allowing the world to be kept informed on a second-bysecond basis. Despite attacks on journalists—both verbal and physical—a free press remains a crucial bastion for civilized society. And just as the daily news reflects the current state of affairs, films about journalism represent how reporting has evolved over the last few centuries. In Encyclopedia of Journalists on Film, Richard R. Ness provides a comprehensive examination of the fourth estate in cinema—from newspaper reporters to today’s cyber journalists. In this volume, Ness provides in-depth descriptions and analyses of more than five hundred significant films, from the silent era to the present, including international productions and made-for-television movies. The entries focus on the image of the press on screen and ethical issues or concerns raised about the practices of the profession. Collectively, the entries demonstrate that there is a recognizable...
Here is the real inside story—not the one about the Stieg Larsson phenomenon, but rather the love story of a man and a woman whose lives came to be guided by politics and love, coffee and activism, writing and friendship. Only one person in the world knows that story well enough to tell it with authority. Her name is Eva Gabrielsson. Eva Gabrielsson and Stieg Larsson shared everything, starting when they were both eighteen until his untimely death thirty-two years later at the age of fifty. In “There Are Things I Want You to Know” about Stieg Larsson and Me, Eva Gabrielsson accepts the daunting challenge of telling the story of their shared life steeped in love and sharpened in the struggle for justice and human rights. She chooses to tell it in short, spare, lyrical chapters, like snapshots, regaling Larsson’s readers with the inside account of how he wrote, why he wrote, who the sources were for Lisbeth and his other characters—graciously answering Stieg Larsson’s readers’ most pressing questions—and at the same time telling us the things we didn’t know we wanted to know—about love and loss, death, betrayal, and the mistreatment of women.
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