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Les Nouveaux Mystères de Paris #10
Les Eaux Troubles de Javel
Broché.
Hardcover
First published January 1, 1957
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About the author
Léo Malet
181 books41 followersLéo Malet est né à Montpellier en 1909. Attiré par l'écriture et l'anarchie, il décide à l'âge de 16 ans de « monter » à Paris, ou pour survivre il effectue une multitude de petits métiers. En 1930, il fait la connaissance d'André Breton et découvre le surréalisme, dont il devient un familier. Après la guerre, Léo Malet rencontre Louis Chavance qui lui suggère d'écrire des romans policiers, un genre encore inexistant en France. Malet produit alors d'alertes contrefaçons de Hard boiled américains qu'il signe des pseudonymes de Frank Harding ou Léo Latimer. En 1943, il publie sous son véritable nom, 120 rue de la gare, un roman policier très français qui met en scène pour la première fois l'illustre Nestor Burma. C'est en 1953, lors d'une promenade, que Léo Malet aura l'idée de faire de son privé un nouveau « piéton de Paris ». Le soleil naît derrière le Louvre inaugure la série des Nouveaux Mystères de Paris, un an après. Chroniques réalistes de la vie des quartiers parisiens, Les Nouveaux Mystères de Paris donnent définitivement à son personnage ses lettres de noblesse. Avec 55 titres (dont 29 consacrés à Nestor Burma), Léo Malet a bien mérité des Lettres françaises. Il est mort en 1996.
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Leo Malet was born in Montpellier. He had little formal education and began work as a cabaret singer at "La Vache Enragee" in Montmartre, Paris in 1925.
In the 1930s, he was closely aligned with the Surrealists, and was close friends with André Breton, René Magritte and Yves Tanguy, amongst others. During this time, he published several volumes of poetry.
He died in Châtillon, a little town just south of Paris where he had lived for most of his life, four days before his 87th birthday.
Though having dabbled in many genres, he is most famous for Nestor Burma, the anti-hero of Les Nouveaux Mystères de Paris. Burma, a cynical private detective, is an astute speaker of argot (French slang), an ex-Anarchist, a serial monogamist and an inveterate pipe smoker. Of the 33 novels detailing his adventures, eighteen take place in a sole arrondissement of Paris, in a sub-series of his exploits which Malet dubbed the "New Mysteries of Paris" quoting Eugene Sue's seminal "feuilleton"; though he never completed the full 20 arrondissements as he originally planned. Apart from the novels, five short stories were also published, bringing the total of Burma's adventures to 38.
The comic artist Jacques Tardi adapted some of his books much to the author's approval claiming that he was the sole person to have visually understood his books; Tardi also provided cover illustrations for the Fleuve Noir editions of the novels, released from the 1980s onward.
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Leo Malet was born in Montpellier. He had little formal education and began work as a cabaret singer at "La Vache Enragee" in Montmartre, Paris in 1925.
In the 1930s, he was closely aligned with the Surrealists, and was close friends with André Breton, René Magritte and Yves Tanguy, amongst others. During this time, he published several volumes of poetry.
He died in Châtillon, a little town just south of Paris where he had lived for most of his life, four days before his 87th birthday.
Though having dabbled in many genres, he is most famous for Nestor Burma, the anti-hero of Les Nouveaux Mystères de Paris. Burma, a cynical private detective, is an astute speaker of argot (French slang), an ex-Anarchist, a serial monogamist and an inveterate pipe smoker. Of the 33 novels detailing his adventures, eighteen take place in a sole arrondissement of Paris, in a sub-series of his exploits which Malet dubbed the "New Mysteries of Paris" quoting Eugene Sue's seminal "feuilleton"; though he never completed the full 20 arrondissements as he originally planned. Apart from the novels, five short stories were also published, bringing the total of Burma's adventures to 38.
The comic artist Jacques Tardi adapted some of his books much to the author's approval claiming that he was the sole person to have visually understood his books; Tardi also provided cover illustrations for the Fleuve Noir editions of the novels, released from the 1980s onward.
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September 10, 2021
Molto piacevole.
Ambientato nei quartieri parigini più popolari Leo Malet ritaglia la figura del poliziotto privato Nestor Bruma lungo contorni anarchici (tratto in comune con il suo passato giovanile) e ironico outsider in che ben si mimetizza tra la misera fauna degli altri personaggi.
L' odio verso la borghesia e il suo stile di vita viene invece ben rappresentato dal personaggio di Demessy, un barbone che Nestor Bruma "recupera" dalla strada ma incapace di riscattarsi del tutto.
" Lei ha fatto germogliare nel suo cuore un rimpianto che l’ha avvelenato, non essendo la sua psiche capace di combatterlo"
Ambientato nei quartieri parigini più popolari Leo Malet ritaglia la figura del poliziotto privato Nestor Bruma lungo contorni anarchici (tratto in comune con il suo passato giovanile) e ironico outsider in che ben si mimetizza tra la misera fauna degli altri personaggi.
L' odio verso la borghesia e il suo stile di vita viene invece ben rappresentato dal personaggio di Demessy, un barbone che Nestor Bruma "recupera" dalla strada ma incapace di riscattarsi del tutto.
" Lei ha fatto germogliare nel suo cuore un rimpianto che l’ha avvelenato, non essendo la sua psiche capace di combatterlo"
May 10, 2017
Un des meilleurs Burma! Enfin, si vous connaissez un peu l'atmosphère de l'époque des événements d’Algérie.
Certes, l'idiot aurait pu laisser vers la fin aux hommes de Florimond Faroux de prendre les choses en main, mais c'est toujours comme ça, notre Nestor fait le Zorro...
Certes, l'idiot aurait pu laisser vers la fin aux hommes de Florimond Faroux de prendre les choses en main, mais c'est toujours comme ça, notre Nestor fait le Zorro...
July 23, 2016
Gustosissimo noir.
L'ambientazione, la Parigi degli anni '50, l'atmosfera sordida e cupa e il protagonista, Nestor Burma, prototipo dell'investigatore privato transalpino, costituiscono un mix perfetto per una lettura estiva senza troppe pretese.
L'ambientazione, la Parigi degli anni '50, l'atmosfera sordida e cupa e il protagonista, Nestor Burma, prototipo dell'investigatore privato transalpino, costituiscono un mix perfetto per una lettura estiva senza troppe pretese.
December 11, 2016
I pregi sono l'atmosfera parigina degli anni cinquanta trasmessa da Malet e la sua apprezzabile ironia.
Il finale, sebbene schioppettante, e' un po' scialbo.
E' un uso degli abitanti di place de Breteuil detenere una pistola? I cannoni des Invalides, cosi' vicini, non bastano?
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Il finale, sebbene schioppettante, e' un po' scialbo.
E' un uso degli abitanti di place de Breteuil detenere una pistola? I cannoni des Invalides, cosi' vicini, non bastano?
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October 25, 2016
Un libro molto ben scritto e con una storia avvincente; finale non troppo entusiasmante!
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