The Inspector Barlach Mysteries - The Judge and His Hangman and Suspicion

This volume offers bracing new translations of two precursors to the modern detective novel by Friedrich Duerrenmatt, whose genre-bending mysteries recall the work of Alain Robbe-Grillet and anticipate the postmodern fictions of Paul Auster and other contemporary neo-noir novelists. Both mysteries follow Inspector Barlach as he moves through worlds in which the distinction between crime and justice seems to have vanished. In The Judge and His Hangman, Barlach forgoes the arrest of a murderer in order to manipulate him into killing another, more elusive criminal. And in Suspicion, Barlach pursues a former Nazi doctor by checking into his clinic with the hope of forcing him to reveal himself. The result is two thrillers that bring existential philosophy and the detective genre into dazzling convergence.

Über den Autor / die Autorin

Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1921-1990) was born in the village of Konolfingen, near Berne, Switzerland. He wrote prolifically during the 1950s, '60s, and '70s, taking particular interest in human rights and the preservation of Israel. He is the author of numerous books published by the University of Chicago Press, including The Pledge.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Sven Birkerts, Friedrich Durrenmatt, Friedrich Dürrenmatt, Durrenmatt Friedrich, Friedrich Durrenmattt
• Mitarbeit: Birkerts Sven (Vorwort), Joel Agee (Übersetzung), Agee Joel (Übersetzung)
• Verlag: University Of Chicago Press
• Sprache: Englisch
• Produktform: Taschenbuch
• Erschienen: 03.11.2006
• EAN: 9780226174440
• ISBN: 978-0-226-17444-0
• Seiten: 208
• Abmessung: 140 mm x 214 mm x 10 mm
• Serie: Emersion: Emergent Village resources for communities of faith
• Themen: Belletristik > Erzählende Literatur; Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik > Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft > Deutsche Sprachwissenschaft / Deutschsprachige Literaturwissenschaft; FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General, Crime & mystery, Fiction in translation, Crime and mystery fiction