Erkils Puaro un citi

by Agatha Christie, Agata Kristi, Ilga Melnbārde (Translator)

Krājumā apkopoti angļu rakstnieces, kriminālliteratūras darbu autores Agatas Kristi stāsti par detektīvu Erkilu Puaro, mis Mārplas un Pārkera Paina aizrautīgajiem piedzīvojumiem noziedznieku izsekošanā un noziegumu atklāšanā.

323 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1983

About the author

Agatha Christie also wrote romance novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott, and was occasionally published under the name Agatha Christie Mallowan.

Dame Agatha Mary Clarissa Christie, Lady Mallowan, DBE (née Miller) was an English writer known for her 66 detective novels and 14 short story collections, particularly those revolving around fictional detectives Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple. She also wrote the world's longest-running play, the murder mystery The Mousetrap, which has been performed in the West End of London since 1952. A writer during the "Golden Age of Detective Fiction", Christie has been called the "Queen of Crime". She also wrote six novels under the pseudonym Mary Westmacott. In 1971, she was made a Dame (DBE) by Queen Elizabeth II for her contributions to literature. Guinness World Records lists Christie as the best-selling fiction writer of all time, her novels having sold more than two billion copies.

This best-selling author of all time wrote 66 crime novels and story collections, fourteen plays, and six novels under a pseudonym in romance. Her books sold more than a billion copies in the English language and a billion in translation. According to Index Translationum, people translated her works into 103 languages at least, the most for an individual author. Of the most enduring figures in crime literature, she created Hercule Poirot and Miss Jane Marple. She atuhored The Mousetrap, the longest-running play in the history of modern theater.

Associated Names:
Agata Christie
Agata Kristi
Агата Кристи (Russian)
Агата Крісті (Ukrainian)
Αγκάθα Κρίστι (Greek)
アガサ クリスティ (Japanese)
阿嘉莎·克莉絲蒂 (Chinese)

Reviews

[Zane · Rating 4 out of 5]

I've read:
1) The Affair at the Victory Ball [Poirot's Early Cases]
2) The Adventure of the Cheap Flat [Poirot Investigates]
3) The Veiled Lady [Poirot's Early Cases]
4) The Million Dollar Bond Robbery [Poirot Investigates]
5) The Adventure of the Egyptian Tomb [Poirot Investigates]
6) The Kidnapped Prime Minister [Poirot Investigates]
7) The Nemean Lion [The Labours of Hercules]
8) The Girdle of Hyppolita [The Labours of Hercules]
9) The Case of the Perfect Maid [Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories]
10) Tape-Measure Murder [Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories]
11) The Blue Geranium [The Thirteen Problems]
12) The Four Suspects [The Thirteen Problems]
13) The Herb of Death [The Thirteen Problems]
14) Strange Jest [Miss Marple's Final Cases and Two Other Stories]
15) The Case of the Middle-aged Wife [Parker Pyne Investigates]
16) The Gate of Baghdad [Parker Pyne Investigates]
17) The House at Shiraz [Parker Pyne Investigates]
18) The Oracle at Delphi [Parker Pyne Investigates]
19) S.O.S. [The Hound of Death]
20) The Witness for the Prosecution [The Hound of Death]
21) The Mystery of the Blue Jar [The Hound of Death]
22) Accident [The Listerdale Mystery]

[Justīne Jurcika · Rating 5 out of 5]

“Ieradumi ir dīvainas parādības. Cilvēki paši nekad neapzinās, ka viņiem tādi ir.”

[Jānis · Rating 4 out of 5]

Atcerējos bērnību un seriālus par Puaro un Mrs Mārplu... Super viegla lasāmviela ar super "gudriem" cilvēkiem, kas itin vienkārši (bieži vien pēc stāstītā) atrisina grūti atrisināmas lietas...