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O Círculo dos Mahé
Relato do mal-estar, das pulsões reprimidas que irrompem sob a forma de obsessão, este romance psicológico e enigmático é considerado um dos melhores de Simenon.
Ninguém conseguia entender por que razão o doutor Mahé insistia em arrastar toda a família para a ilha de Porquerolles nas férias de Verão. A mulher reclamava da demasiada luz, do calor, da comida, e ele próprio sentia-se deslocado naquele mundo meridional que lhe era hostil. No entanto, o médico decide voltar uma segunda vez, e ainda uma terceira. Talvez porque estivesse obcecado por uma imagem irresistí a de uma rapariga de vestido vermelho, a quem nunca tinha dirigido a palavra, e que era a negação de tudo o que fora a sua típica vida burguesa, talhada para ele como se vestisse a roupa de outra a clientela, a casa cinzenta que um dia herdaria, os amigos, a pesca, o bridge, a mãe que ainda lhe preparava a roupa limpa e que até lhe tinha escolhido a profissão e a mulher...
Drama existencial, relato do mal-estar, do alheamento progressivo, das pulsões reprimidas que irrompem sob a forma de uma obsessão, O Círculo dos Mahé , curto, denso, psicológico, é considerado um dos melhores romans durs de Simenon.
Os elogios da crí
«Um dos melhores cinco romances de Simenon.»
John Banville
«São romances mais ásperos e mais interiores, e nascem, se assim se pode dizer, da recusa do artifício. […] O roman dur começa onde acaba o mistério da acçã dentro do homem.»
Isabel Lucas, Público
Ninguém conseguia entender por que razão o doutor Mahé insistia em arrastar toda a família para a ilha de Porquerolles nas férias de Verão. A mulher reclamava da demasiada luz, do calor, da comida, e ele próprio sentia-se deslocado naquele mundo meridional que lhe era hostil. No entanto, o médico decide voltar uma segunda vez, e ainda uma terceira. Talvez porque estivesse obcecado por uma imagem irresistí a de uma rapariga de vestido vermelho, a quem nunca tinha dirigido a palavra, e que era a negação de tudo o que fora a sua típica vida burguesa, talhada para ele como se vestisse a roupa de outra a clientela, a casa cinzenta que um dia herdaria, os amigos, a pesca, o bridge, a mãe que ainda lhe preparava a roupa limpa e que até lhe tinha escolhido a profissão e a mulher...
Drama existencial, relato do mal-estar, do alheamento progressivo, das pulsões reprimidas que irrompem sob a forma de uma obsessão, O Círculo dos Mahé , curto, denso, psicológico, é considerado um dos melhores romans durs de Simenon.
Os elogios da crí
«Um dos melhores cinco romances de Simenon.»
John Banville
«São romances mais ásperos e mais interiores, e nascem, se assim se pode dizer, da recusa do artifício. […] O roman dur começa onde acaba o mistério da acçã dentro do homem.»
Isabel Lucas, Público
140 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 30, 2026
About the author
Georges Simenon
2,691 books2,457 followersGeorges Joseph Christian Simenon (1903 – 1989) was a Belgian writer. A prolific author who published nearly 500 novels and numerous short works, Simenon is best known as the creator of the fictional detective Jules Maigret.
Although he never resided in Belgium after 1922, he remained a Belgian citizen throughout his life.
Simenon was one of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, capable of writing 60 to 80 pages per day. His oeuvre includes nearly 200 novels, over 150 novellas, several autobiographical works, numerous articles, and scores of pulp novels written under more than two dozen pseudonyms. Altogether, about 550 million copies of his works have been printed.
He is best known, however, for his 75 novels and 28 short stories featuring Commissaire Maigret. The first novel in the series, Pietr-le-Letton, appeared in 1931; the last one, Maigret et M. Charles, was published in 1972. The Maigret novels were translated into all major languages and several of them were turned into films and radio plays. Two television series (1960-63 and 1992-93) have been made in Great Britain.
During his "American" period, Simenon reached the height of his creative powers, and several novels of those years were inspired by the context in which they were written (Trois chambres à Manhattan (1946), Maigret à New York (1947), Maigret se fâche (1947)).
Simenon also wrote a large number of "psychological novels", such as La neige était sale (1948) or Le fils (1957), as well as several autobiographical works, in particular Je me souviens (1945), Pedigree (1948), Mémoires intimes (1981).
In 1966, Simenon was given the MWA's highest honor, the Grand Master Award.
In 2005 he was nominated for the title of De Grootste Belg (The Greatest Belgian). In the Flemish version he ended 77th place. In the Walloon version he ended 10th place.
Although he never resided in Belgium after 1922, he remained a Belgian citizen throughout his life.
Simenon was one of the most prolific writers of the twentieth century, capable of writing 60 to 80 pages per day. His oeuvre includes nearly 200 novels, over 150 novellas, several autobiographical works, numerous articles, and scores of pulp novels written under more than two dozen pseudonyms. Altogether, about 550 million copies of his works have been printed.
He is best known, however, for his 75 novels and 28 short stories featuring Commissaire Maigret. The first novel in the series, Pietr-le-Letton, appeared in 1931; the last one, Maigret et M. Charles, was published in 1972. The Maigret novels were translated into all major languages and several of them were turned into films and radio plays. Two television series (1960-63 and 1992-93) have been made in Great Britain.
During his "American" period, Simenon reached the height of his creative powers, and several novels of those years were inspired by the context in which they were written (Trois chambres à Manhattan (1946), Maigret à New York (1947), Maigret se fâche (1947)).
Simenon also wrote a large number of "psychological novels", such as La neige était sale (1948) or Le fils (1957), as well as several autobiographical works, in particular Je me souviens (1945), Pedigree (1948), Mémoires intimes (1981).
In 1966, Simenon was given the MWA's highest honor, the Grand Master Award.
In 2005 he was nominated for the title of De Grootste Belg (The Greatest Belgian). In the Flemish version he ended 77th place. In the Walloon version he ended 10th place.
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June 23, 2026
Elisabete e seu vestido vermelho como uma sereia ao final... após o Doutor Mahé descobrir que toda a sua vida tinha sido construída pelos outros, para si próprios.
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