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بتسبورغ نوار
صدر عن دار إلكا للنشر كتاب "بتسبورغ نوار" من تحرير كاثرين جورج وترجمة أماني لازار .
وجاء في نبذة عن الكتاب: "حبكات بوليسية... جرائم غريبة... شخصيات ليست عادية... كلها تجري في مدينة جميلة مليئة بالنوادي الليلية والبارات والمحلات التجارية والأسواق .. ومحلات الموضة.. النوار هو الأسود باللغة الفرنسية، وقصص النوار هي التي تبحث في الجانب المظلم من النفس البشرية، ومنها الجريمة، واختلاف قصص النوار عن قصص أو روايات الجريمة الكلاسيكية هي أدبيتها، فهي أرفع بكثير من قصص الجريمة العادية التي ولدت من أكشاك الجرائد، فالأخيرة تعتقد أن شخصاً ما مجرماً يخل بالنظام الاجتماعي، يقابله شخص ذكي يصل عبر التحقيق إلى كشف المجرم وعودة النظام والسلم إلى المجتمع، بينما قصص النوار تعتقد أن الخلل في المجتمع، وتعتمد على التحليل النفسي والأنثربولوجي، وهو عمل يكتنفه الغموض والخفاء والترقب. وكتب هذا النوع كبار الكتاب منهم دستيوفسكي قبل ظهوره كجنس أدبي في سلسلة نوار في باريس. وقد دأبت دار النشر الأميركية أكاشيك على طبع قصص من جميع العواصم والمدن تحت سلسلة نوار ...ومنها بتسبرغ نوار".
يشار إلى أن الرواية من توزيع دار الرافدين في بيروت وبغداد.
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وجاء في نبذة عن الكتاب: "حبكات بوليسية... جرائم غريبة... شخصيات ليست عادية... كلها تجري في مدينة جميلة مليئة بالنوادي الليلية والبارات والمحلات التجارية والأسواق .. ومحلات الموضة.. النوار هو الأسود باللغة الفرنسية، وقصص النوار هي التي تبحث في الجانب المظلم من النفس البشرية، ومنها الجريمة، واختلاف قصص النوار عن قصص أو روايات الجريمة الكلاسيكية هي أدبيتها، فهي أرفع بكثير من قصص الجريمة العادية التي ولدت من أكشاك الجرائد، فالأخيرة تعتقد أن شخصاً ما مجرماً يخل بالنظام الاجتماعي، يقابله شخص ذكي يصل عبر التحقيق إلى كشف المجرم وعودة النظام والسلم إلى المجتمع، بينما قصص النوار تعتقد أن الخلل في المجتمع، وتعتمد على التحليل النفسي والأنثربولوجي، وهو عمل يكتنفه الغموض والخفاء والترقب. وكتب هذا النوع كبار الكتاب منهم دستيوفسكي قبل ظهوره كجنس أدبي في سلسلة نوار في باريس. وقد دأبت دار النشر الأميركية أكاشيك على طبع قصص من جميع العواصم والمدن تحت سلسلة نوار ...ومنها بتسبرغ نوار".
يشار إلى أن الرواية من توزيع دار الرافدين في بيروت وبغداد.
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288 pages, Paperback
First published April 18, 2011
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About the author
Kathleen George
2,633 books67 followersKathleen Elizabeth George (born July 7, 1943) is an American professor and writer best known for her series of crime novels set in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
She was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and educated at the University of Pittsburgh: B.A. (summa cum laude), 1964, M.A. (theatre), 1966, Ph.D. (theatre), 1975, M.F.A. (creative writing), 1988. She teaches theatre arts at the University of Pittsburgh and fiction writing at the Chatham University Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing.
She is married to the writer Hilary Masters, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. They reside in Pittsburgh.
She was born in Johnstown, Pennsylvania and educated at the University of Pittsburgh: B.A. (summa cum laude), 1964, M.A. (theatre), 1966, Ph.D. (theatre), 1975, M.F.A. (creative writing), 1988. She teaches theatre arts at the University of Pittsburgh and fiction writing at the Chatham University Low-Residency MFA Program in Creative Writing.
She is married to the writer Hilary Masters, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University. They reside in Pittsburgh.
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February 9, 2021
مجموعة قصص بوليسية وغامضة لكتاب من مدينة بتسبورغ في ولاية بنسلفانيا الأمريكية أو لمقيمين بها .. في الواقع القصص لم تكن ممتعة لعدة أسباب أهمها سوء الترجمة، بالإضافة إلى النهايات المبتورة والسيئة لكثير من القصص، وكثرة التفاصيل التي تربك القارئ في بعض الأحيان، بالإضافة إلى تسلسل الأحداث السئ، فبعض القصص لم أفهمها إلى في منتصفها أو قرب نهايتها
January 14, 2012
First impressions before I start reading:
Christmas Eve exchange book from my brother. I've read only the Introduction (by Kathleen George) so far, but it's a nice love-letter to the city of Pittsburgh and our sports teams - because apparently one can't really write about Pittsburgh without talking about the Pens, the Pirates, or the Steelers.
Also excited that there is a map in the front of the different neighborhoods that (I assume) will be covered in the various stories. They're marked with white chalk outlined bodies which cracks me up.
Note: Really? Wilkinsburg? I can't wait to read that one. I'd like to hear about a murder that takes place in W-Town that doesn't involve drugs.
Upon finishing:
I'm not from Pittsburgh originally. I've been from sort of all over, and I've only lived in Pittsburgh for about eight years. My brother and I shared an apartment on the North Side for a bit when we first got here before I moved in with a dude in Wilkinsburg, and then we moved together to Edgewood on the other side of the Busway because I didn't want to fear for my life anymore. And now we live just down the street (literally) in Regent Square. My brother ultimately wound up in Polish Hill where he has stayed and loved since he got there.
Here's the thing about Pittsburgh: It's filled with neighborhoods. There are at least 90 different neighborhoods that make up Pittsburgh. People here have grown up in their neighborhoods and they don't often like to leave. They go where they need to go if they need to, but if they can find what they need in their own neighborhood they will maintain an undying loyalty to those places. People generally know each other in their own neighborhoods. People look out for each other in their neighborhoods. There's a slightly different culture in any neighborhood you go into, even though together they all make up the same city. There's a camaraderie in this town which is strengthened if you express interest in the Steelers or at least can hate on the Ravens. I've learned that even though I don't care about sports, I should at least know some of the basics about the Steelers. It's sort of a requirement if you want to have a conversation with anyone. The Dahntahn Song is more true than you can even imagine. And yes, people talk like that here. Which brings me to...
They have a language of their own here in the 'Burgh, and if you're going to live here for an extended amount of time it would behoove you to learn what things mean or learn to talk the talk yourself: "Yinz goin to the Iggle n'at?" "No, Ah'm goin Dahntahn." "Careful, it's slippy out." "Lift me some salad." "Go Stillers!" "Yinz are jagoffs." "Double yoi!"
And they do things differently here, like put french fries in their salads and cole slaw on their burgers, and then they think you're the strange one if you don't do it that way. You're the odd one out if you call a rubber band anything other than a "gumband". In fact if you ask for a rubber band you might just get ignored.
That being said, I love it here.
Get on with it, talk about the book already:
Each story in the book takes place in a different neighborhood. A local will recognize them all by name and probably knows someone from each area, or at least knows someone who knows someone else who lives there. I won't say that someone outside of Pittsburgh wouldn't appreciate these stories, because the topics are universal and hardly confined just to Pittsburgh. But if you are from the area and you know what Isaly's means, you'll have an enriched appreciation.
Like any collection of stories some are better than others. One of my favorite authors, Stewart O'Nan, wrote a story taking place in Bloomfield; turns out it's not the best thing I've read by him, but it made me happy anyway. Because he's my imaginary boyfriend. But the stories surprised me, like Kathryn Miller Haines' story about Wilkinsburg - it wasn't about drugs or gangs at all as I first expected; it was a sad story about a man coming back from war, back in the days when Wilkinsburg was not what it is today (ie, an empty, shot-up shell with the highest property tax in town and one of the areas with the most run-down, boarded-up, empty homes).
These were fun reads that captured the heart of the city, that despite how weird the locals talk or what they eat, they're just reg'lar folk like you and me. They just bleed a little Black n Gold.
Christmas Eve exchange book from my brother. I've read only the Introduction (by Kathleen George) so far, but it's a nice love-letter to the city of Pittsburgh and our sports teams - because apparently one can't really write about Pittsburgh without talking about the Pens, the Pirates, or the Steelers.
Also excited that there is a map in the front of the different neighborhoods that (I assume) will be covered in the various stories. They're marked with white chalk outlined bodies which cracks me up.
Note: Really? Wilkinsburg? I can't wait to read that one. I'd like to hear about a murder that takes place in W-Town that doesn't involve drugs.
Upon finishing:
I'm not from Pittsburgh originally. I've been from sort of all over, and I've only lived in Pittsburgh for about eight years. My brother and I shared an apartment on the North Side for a bit when we first got here before I moved in with a dude in Wilkinsburg, and then we moved together to Edgewood on the other side of the Busway because I didn't want to fear for my life anymore. And now we live just down the street (literally) in Regent Square. My brother ultimately wound up in Polish Hill where he has stayed and loved since he got there.
Here's the thing about Pittsburgh: It's filled with neighborhoods. There are at least 90 different neighborhoods that make up Pittsburgh. People here have grown up in their neighborhoods and they don't often like to leave. They go where they need to go if they need to, but if they can find what they need in their own neighborhood they will maintain an undying loyalty to those places. People generally know each other in their own neighborhoods. People look out for each other in their neighborhoods. There's a slightly different culture in any neighborhood you go into, even though together they all make up the same city. There's a camaraderie in this town which is strengthened if you express interest in the Steelers or at least can hate on the Ravens. I've learned that even though I don't care about sports, I should at least know some of the basics about the Steelers. It's sort of a requirement if you want to have a conversation with anyone. The Dahntahn Song is more true than you can even imagine. And yes, people talk like that here. Which brings me to...
They have a language of their own here in the 'Burgh, and if you're going to live here for an extended amount of time it would behoove you to learn what things mean or learn to talk the talk yourself: "Yinz goin to the Iggle n'at?" "No, Ah'm goin Dahntahn." "Careful, it's slippy out." "Lift me some salad." "Go Stillers!" "Yinz are jagoffs." "Double yoi!"
And they do things differently here, like put french fries in their salads and cole slaw on their burgers, and then they think you're the strange one if you don't do it that way. You're the odd one out if you call a rubber band anything other than a "gumband". In fact if you ask for a rubber band you might just get ignored.
That being said, I love it here.
Get on with it, talk about the book already:
Each story in the book takes place in a different neighborhood. A local will recognize them all by name and probably knows someone from each area, or at least knows someone who knows someone else who lives there. I won't say that someone outside of Pittsburgh wouldn't appreciate these stories, because the topics are universal and hardly confined just to Pittsburgh. But if you are from the area and you know what Isaly's means, you'll have an enriched appreciation.
Like any collection of stories some are better than others. One of my favorite authors, Stewart O'Nan, wrote a story taking place in Bloomfield; turns out it's not the best thing I've read by him, but it made me happy anyway. Because he's my imaginary boyfriend. But the stories surprised me, like Kathryn Miller Haines' story about Wilkinsburg - it wasn't about drugs or gangs at all as I first expected; it was a sad story about a man coming back from war, back in the days when Wilkinsburg was not what it is today (ie, an empty, shot-up shell with the highest property tax in town and one of the areas with the most run-down, boarded-up, empty homes).
These were fun reads that captured the heart of the city, that despite how weird the locals talk or what they eat, they're just reg'lar folk like you and me. They just bleed a little Black n Gold.
November 22, 2018
One of a series of books from Akashic Press. Noir stories based in and written by authors from, the titled town. In this case, Pittsburgh. Other towns in the series, from Baltimore to New York to Havana to San Francisco and all points in between. Most of the authors in this book were unfamiliar with me, except for a favorite of my Stewart O'Nan. An excellent assortment of odd stories.
From Pray for Rain by Nancy Martin - Now the Allegheny swept masses of junk and debris past the few remaining boats tied up at the marina. An empty doghouse floated by, trailing a length of chain. Half a plastic Santa bobbed by on the turmoil of cold brown water. He rolled with the current until one mittened hand rose in the air as if hailing a rescue boat.
From A Minor Extinction by Paul Lee. Mark continued to work as though he had not heard a thing, rewetting the long-handled roller in the pan and applying to the stale walls lucent strips of dripping, viscous white, a slathered rendering of reversed time.
From Loaded by Rebecca Drake. It rained on moving day, quarter-sized drops splashing like bloodstains on the stone walkway.
From Pray for Rain by Nancy Martin - Now the Allegheny swept masses of junk and debris past the few remaining boats tied up at the marina. An empty doghouse floated by, trailing a length of chain. Half a plastic Santa bobbed by on the turmoil of cold brown water. He rolled with the current until one mittened hand rose in the air as if hailing a rescue boat.
From A Minor Extinction by Paul Lee. Mark continued to work as though he had not heard a thing, rewetting the long-handled roller in the pan and applying to the stale walls lucent strips of dripping, viscous white, a slathered rendering of reversed time.
From Loaded by Rebecca Drake. It rained on moving day, quarter-sized drops splashing like bloodstains on the stone walkway.
September 3, 2016
A thoroughly engaging compendium of noir tales taking place in and around the great Steel City (and several locations well beyond city limits). The host and chief compiler Kathleen George, who includes a strong entry of her own, has done an excellent job of judiciously selecting stories from rising stars, academics and experienced pros from the ‘Burg.
Like most collections, “Pittsburgh Noir” has its highs and lows. Strongest entries for me were the Rebecca Drake’s expertly paced “Loaded” which features a jaw-dropping surprise ending, the East Liberty (read: S’liberty) based “Still Air” by Terrance Hayes with its streetwise language and unblinkingly tragic POV, and the jarring “When Johnny Came Shuffling Home” by K.C. Constantine that follows an emotionally damaged soldier returning home to McKees Rocks after WWII. Really great stuff. The only low point for me was the crude “Far Beneath” by Carlos Antonio Delgado that is neither noir nor particularly Pittsburgh-themed in any way.
The story that remained with me the longest, though, was the absorbing “Pray For Rain” by Nancy Martin, which takes place in a houseboat slip on the Allegheny River and offers a chilling snapshot of a side of Pittsburgh that many don’t know about.
Rather than revealing a singular portrait of a dangerous city at night, one comes away from “Pittsburgh Noir” with an impression of a uniquely multi-faceted city occupied by gritty and troubled characters who are living on a knife’s edge. In other words, a great noir collection.
Like most collections, “Pittsburgh Noir” has its highs and lows. Strongest entries for me were the Rebecca Drake’s expertly paced “Loaded” which features a jaw-dropping surprise ending, the East Liberty (read: S’liberty) based “Still Air” by Terrance Hayes with its streetwise language and unblinkingly tragic POV, and the jarring “When Johnny Came Shuffling Home” by K.C. Constantine that follows an emotionally damaged soldier returning home to McKees Rocks after WWII. Really great stuff. The only low point for me was the crude “Far Beneath” by Carlos Antonio Delgado that is neither noir nor particularly Pittsburgh-themed in any way.
The story that remained with me the longest, though, was the absorbing “Pray For Rain” by Nancy Martin, which takes place in a houseboat slip on the Allegheny River and offers a chilling snapshot of a side of Pittsburgh that many don’t know about.
Rather than revealing a singular portrait of a dangerous city at night, one comes away from “Pittsburgh Noir” with an impression of a uniquely multi-faceted city occupied by gritty and troubled characters who are living on a knife’s edge. In other words, a great noir collection.
January 30, 2022
…And “Noir” it was! As a Pittsburgher I enjoyed the familiar settings of my home town. Some stories felt indicative of a certain areas that I personally have had contact with in one way or another. Some I learned a little bit more about places that I’ve only driven through or know are there but have not had much contact. It was interesting how some of the characters were very familiar hometown types. But “Noir” it was and there was definitely a bit of grit or rawness to each story. I liked it. It’s good to have a bit of raw truth in writing because real life does not always provide nice neat sugar sweet happy endings. But this is not to say that it didn’t have it’s humorous moments too. For the most part I enjoyed this read. Although there was one story that I disliked tremendously. I won’t give spoilers or give its name but it was awful and has cost the rating a star on what I would have said was an excellent read.
4 stars. I recommend it. Minus one chapter. In my opinion.
On to other cities in the collection.
4 stars. I recommend it. Minus one chapter. In my opinion.
On to other cities in the collection.
December 16, 2012
It's kinda cool to recongnize nearly all the places the stories in this collection take place, and so many of them mentioned the Pittsburgh Steelers, if you ever lived in South Western Pennsylvania or any Rust Belt City you would know how big a deal Football is,but most these stories were average at best, and some weren't even noir one was a about a young women that picks up random dudes at bars, while wearing wedding ring, even though she isn't married, just for the thrill how is that noir? Authors Terrance Hayes and K.C. Constantine were real stand outs and got it right in so many ways.
September 20, 2018
This is a fascinating read especially since I have been in quite a few of those neighborhoods, I have always thought that Pittsburgh and a number of its neighborhoods would be a great setting for mystery stories and while I was proven right to an extent I now want to see more in proper full length books.
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December 14, 2011None of these stories was bad. Most were okay or good and a few were excellent. My favorite was "A Minor Extinction" by Paul Lee. It had everything I like in a story: an actual plot (Yay!), interesting characters, a sense of place and culture, and good descriptions but not overdone.
September 17, 2016
Some stories were good, some were not. I grew up in Pittsburgh but didn't feel that most stories were uniquely Pittsburgh-y...
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May 16, 2020أريد اتحدث عن هذا الكتاب بالتأكيد حتى وأن كان لا يستحق ابداً كلمة واحده للتعليق..
بما اني اقرأ الأن النسخه العربية منه فسأكتب هذا التعليق باللغه العربيه، ولأن القسم الأكبر من الرأي الذي تكون لديّ يتعلق بالمرتبه الأولى بالترجمة ف��لترجمه سيئه جدا، إلى الحد الذي يجعلك تجزع من الكلمات حتى وإن قررت التغاضي عن بعض الأخطاء والاستمرار إلى الأمام بقراءة القصص، المشكله الأكبر انه لا يوجد هنالك "بعض" الأخطاء إنما الكتاب كله قد تُرجم بطريقه خاطئه، كأن نصوصه قد أدخلت للمترجم الإلكتروني وخرجت للطباعه بهذه الشاكله.
قرأت قبل قصص "بتسبورغ نوار" كتاب قصص "بغداد نوار" كان جيداً إلى حداً ما، بل لا بأس به، عدا بعض أخطاء الطباعه المسيئه للكتاب ولدار النشر، نأتي هنا لدار النشر "ألكا" منذ تعرفت على اسم الدار وانا املك لهم الاحترام والتقدير لكن بعد هذا الكتاب، أنا لست اسفاً لكنها كتب قبيحه جداً، الابغض من هذا ان لدي ثلاث كتب اخريات عن ذات الدار، لا أعرف ربما تكون أسوأ او افضل، لكن بعد هاذان الكتابان الدار لا تملك آية قيمة بوجه عام.
لا أنصح بشراء هذا الكتاب بالذات لأنه واكرر "الترجمه قبيحه جداً" الكتاب بنسخة طبعة أولى ٢٠١٧ عن دار ألكا، لنكن منصفين اذا كانت هناك طبعه ثانيه فربما قد صححت ولا تشتمل على هذا التعليق ككل.
لم أعلق على المحتوى، نعم: ليس بعد، فقد أنهيت ثلاث قصص واكاد أجزم انها لا تعني شيئاً البته، "بلا نوار بلا بطيخ" القصص خاليه من أي أبداع!
القصه الثالثه "محطم الذره" لمؤلفتها "ليلا شارا" رغم طول القصه الكبير والملل المتكدس في بداية القصه لكنها انتهت بحدث واحد مثير لا غير، الحدث الذي أوضح ان احد شخصيات القصه هو قاتل متسلسل، فبهذا تدرج القصه تحت فئة جرائم القتله المهوسيّن بتكرار طرق جرائمهم.
القصتين الأولى والثانيه "هواء ساكن" لتيرنس هايز و"منزل مزدوج" لستيوارت أونان، كانتا ذو طابع مشتت بفكره وحيده فقيره ومع هذا ان الترجمه السيئه اهدرت حتى خط الفكره.
القصه الثالثه "صلاة أستسقاء" لنانسي مارتن، ترجمتها تبدو افضل من سابقاتها، ومع ان القصه ذو طابع مشاغب وطائش لكنها جيده في السرد والمتعه الهزليه.
القصه الرابعه "انقراض طفيف" لبول لي، انها قصه سيئه جداً وخاليه من اية معنى وهدف، الفكره مكرره ومعاده في كثير من القصص والاعمال السينمائيه والتلفزيونيه، لا أعرف ما اراده الكاتب عندما كتب قصه لا تختلف عن أقرانها، ماذا؟ الشهره فقط!، والقصه الخامسه "عندما جاء جوني إلى البيت يخطو متثاقلاً" ك.س. كونستانتين، تمثل المحاوله الفاشله في الايحاء بغرابة القصه، وهي تخلو من الإبداع، وكل ما حولها خالي. أما القصه السادسه "الدخيل" لكاتبتها "كاثلين جورج" محررة الكتاب ذاته وكاتبة المقدمه، لم تقدم قصه او حدث جديد كان كل شيء في القصه يسير على غرار مسلسلات التحقيق والجرائم التلفزيونه المعتاده.
"فوكس تشابل المكتظه" ريبيكا دريك
"في الأسفل" كارلوس ديلغادو
"في البوينا فيستا" هيلاري ماسترس
"العوده الى الوطن" كاثرين ميلر هاينز
"مخادع" أوبري هيرش
"رمي المفتاح" توم ليبينسكي
"سمع مصادفه" ريجينالد ماكنايت
الكتاب خالي من اية فهرس، لا أعرف كتاباً لقصص قصيره لمؤلفين مختلفين غير هذا الكتاب، كيف حدث ذلك؟
الترجمه قد تحسنت فقط في القصه الثالثه ثم اتخذت منحنى أقبح وابعد عن أن يكون أدب مترجم، كيف ستنجي سمعة المترجم والدار من هذا الفشل الذريع؟
بما اني اقرأ الأن النسخه العربية منه فسأكتب هذا التعليق باللغه العربيه، ولأن القسم الأكبر من الرأي الذي تكون لديّ يتعلق بالمرتبه الأولى بالترجمة ف��لترجمه سيئه جدا، إلى الحد الذي يجعلك تجزع من الكلمات حتى وإن قررت التغاضي عن بعض الأخطاء والاستمرار إلى الأمام بقراءة القصص، المشكله الأكبر انه لا يوجد هنالك "بعض" الأخطاء إنما الكتاب كله قد تُرجم بطريقه خاطئه، كأن نصوصه قد أدخلت للمترجم الإلكتروني وخرجت للطباعه بهذه الشاكله.
قرأت قبل قصص "بتسبورغ نوار" كتاب قصص "بغداد نوار" كان جيداً إلى حداً ما، بل لا بأس به، عدا بعض أخطاء الطباعه المسيئه للكتاب ولدار النشر، نأتي هنا لدار النشر "ألكا" منذ تعرفت على اسم الدار وانا املك لهم الاحترام والتقدير لكن بعد هذا الكتاب، أنا لست اسفاً لكنها كتب قبيحه جداً، الابغض من هذا ان لدي ثلاث كتب اخريات عن ذات الدار، لا أعرف ربما تكون أسوأ او افضل، لكن بعد هاذان الكتابان الدار لا تملك آية قيمة بوجه عام.
لا أنصح بشراء هذا الكتاب بالذات لأنه واكرر "الترجمه قبيحه جداً" الكتاب بنسخة طبعة أولى ٢٠١٧ عن دار ألكا، لنكن منصفين اذا كانت هناك طبعه ثانيه فربما قد صححت ولا تشتمل على هذا التعليق ككل.
لم أعلق على المحتوى، نعم: ليس بعد، فقد أنهيت ثلاث قصص واكاد أجزم انها لا تعني شيئاً البته، "بلا نوار بلا بطيخ" القصص خاليه من أي أبداع!
القصه الثالثه "محطم الذره" لمؤلفتها "ليلا شارا" رغم طول القصه الكبير والملل المتكدس في بداية القصه لكنها انتهت بحدث واحد مثير لا غير، الحدث الذي أوضح ان احد شخصيات القصه هو قاتل متسلسل، فبهذا تدرج القصه تحت فئة جرائم القتله المهوسيّن بتكرار طرق جرائمهم.
القصتين الأولى والثانيه "هواء ساكن" لتيرنس هايز و"منزل مزدوج" لستيوارت أونان، كانتا ذو طابع مشتت بفكره وحيده فقيره ومع هذا ان الترجمه السيئه اهدرت حتى خط الفكره.
القصه الثالثه "صلاة أستسقاء" لنانسي مارتن، ترجمتها تبدو افضل من سابقاتها، ومع ان القصه ذو طابع مشاغب وطائش لكنها جيده في السرد والمتعه الهزليه.
القصه الرابعه "انقراض طفيف" لبول لي، انها قصه سيئه جداً وخاليه من اية معنى وهدف، الفكره مكرره ومعاده في كثير من القصص والاعمال السينمائيه والتلفزيونيه، لا أعرف ما اراده الكاتب عندما كتب قصه لا تختلف عن أقرانها، ماذا؟ الشهره فقط!، والقصه الخامسه "عندما جاء جوني إلى البيت يخطو متثاقلاً" ك.س. كونستانتين، تمثل المحاوله الفاشله في الايحاء بغرابة القصه، وهي تخلو من الإبداع، وكل ما حولها خالي. أما القصه السادسه "الدخيل" لكاتبتها "كاثلين جورج" محررة الكتاب ذاته وكاتبة المقدمه، لم تقدم قصه او حدث جديد كان كل شيء في القصه يسير على غرار مسلسلات التحقيق والجرائم التلفزيونه المعتاده.
"فوكس تشابل المكتظه" ريبيكا دريك
"في الأسفل" كارلوس ديلغادو
"في البوينا فيستا" هيلاري ماسترس
"العوده الى الوطن" كاثرين ميلر هاينز
"مخادع" أوبري هيرش
"رمي المفتاح" توم ليبينسكي
"سمع مصادفه" ريجينالد ماكنايت
الكتاب خالي من اية فهرس، لا أعرف كتاباً لقصص قصيره لمؤلفين مختلفين غير هذا الكتاب، كيف حدث ذلك؟
الترجمه قد تحسنت فقط في القصه الثالثه ثم اتخذت منحنى أقبح وابعد عن أن يكون أدب مترجم، كيف ستنجي سمعة المترجم والدار من هذا الفشل الذريع؟
November 4, 2012
I picked this up sort of half-heartedly-- I am a lover of Pittsburgh but wasn't too excited about the premise of this series. However, the remarkable talent from this collection of authors kept me reading well past my bedtime on at least a few exhausted nights. Using a dark and often disturbing platform, this collection paradoxically captures the positively fascinating character of a town with a generous exmination of its diverse populations.
While I am not a seasoned mystery reader, these stories didn't strike me as formulaic fluff. At least a few of the stories were without any crime at all but relied on another source of intensity, such as the psychological damage of a first-line soldier returning home. These are solid and well-constructed works and, as a whole, it is the most riveting collection of shorts that I've read in a long while. The editor carefully ordered and grouped this collection according to themes that are uniquely and decidedly Pittsburgh. I'll certainly be seeking out more in the Noir series and probably more work by at least authors Paul Lee and K.C. Constantine. Quite pleasantly surprised!
While I am not a seasoned mystery reader, these stories didn't strike me as formulaic fluff. At least a few of the stories were without any crime at all but relied on another source of intensity, such as the psychological damage of a first-line soldier returning home. These are solid and well-constructed works and, as a whole, it is the most riveting collection of shorts that I've read in a long while. The editor carefully ordered and grouped this collection according to themes that are uniquely and decidedly Pittsburgh. I'll certainly be seeking out more in the Noir series and probably more work by at least authors Paul Lee and K.C. Constantine. Quite pleasantly surprised!
January 30, 2019
I'm not a huge fan of short stories so I may not be the best person to rate this collection. There are a wide variety of stories and they are all set within the surrounding areas of Pittsburgh. Overall, I had mixed feelings with this book. I thought some of the stories were REALLY good and had great (and often unexpected) endings. There were 1 or 2 stories that were quite disturbing. Then there were a few that simply lacked luster altogether. With that said, I enjoyed the familiarity of having the stories set in Pittsburgh and being able to recognize landmarks, buildings, places, etc.
February 5, 2015
The idea spawning the Akashic noir series is really cool, and I loved reading stories written in one of my favorite styles set in my hometown. Some stories are certainly better than others, which is to be expected in anthologies like this. Those that were well written and held firm to the noir style were really enjoyable, particularly the stories set in East Liberty, Carrick, and Homewood. If you're from Pittsburgh and you enjoy noir, or just thematically darker stories, I'd definitely recommend this collection for an interesting quick read.
August 29, 2017
The "Akashic Noir" series of short crime, psychological and dark-side-of-human-nature stories set in varied real-world locales finally got around to my hometown, and it does not disappoint. Even if the local color sometimes seems tacked on, there's a certain thrill in recognizing a bar you've been to, a local landmark you've walked, or certain distinctly Pittsburgh ways of speaking and thinking (most notably the infamous "parking chairs") in a work of fiction. Some of the stories are better than others, naturally, but as a whole the collection is rich and varied.
June 14, 2011
While I could appreciate much of the good writing, I was not really in the mood for these types of stories. They were too dark - tales of murder, sexual and drug abuse. I guess that is what I should have expected from "Pittsburgh Noir." I did enjoy the references to local places, though no stories were set in my areas - the South Hills and the West End. Some of the dialogue could have come from the mouths of people I know.
March 16, 2013
Mostly hits and a few misses. The Mexican War streets story was highly disappointing (including a typo on the first page? - shameful) But most were enjoyable, especially for Pittsburghers.
They didn't seem to fit the noir genre so much. My favorite may have been the Squirrel Hill story, which had zero suspense or mystery. Just funny and well-written.
They didn't seem to fit the noir genre so much. My favorite may have been the Squirrel Hill story, which had zero suspense or mystery. Just funny and well-written.
February 20, 2015
I enjoyed the locale and the neighborhood settings for each these stories. They definitely met the qualifications of "noir;" some of the stories were remarkably dark. As with many edited books, certain stories were better than others.
April 4, 2012
I could go into how some of the stories are better than others, or how some of the major neighborhoods are missing, but really... if you live in or love Pittsburgh, just get the book.
February 17, 2012
Good addition to your library if you like noir fiction & Pittsburgh
July 3, 2018
The library wants this one back and I haven’t finished it. I may try it again later. As with any collection of short stories, some are better than others.
September 22, 2020
بتسبرج نوار - الجرائم الليلية السوداء
تحرير كاثلين جورج
ما جذبني إلى قراءة تلك المجموعة القصصية هي اللوحة الموجودة على الغلاف و جمالها ،تلك السيقان الساحرة في الحذاء الأحمر .
الكتاب عبارة عن قصص قصيرة تدور أحداثها في مدينة بتسبرج الأمريكية
القصة الأولى : هواء ساكن لتيرنس هايز
تدور أحداث القصة حول مقتل شاب أمريكي من أصول إفريقية و القصة أحداثها بطيئة بعض الشيء
القصة الثانية : منزل مزدوج لستيوارت أونان
لم أستوعب القصة تماما
القصة الثالثة : محطم الذرة لليلا شارا
اعجبتني رومانسية القصة
القصة الرابعة : صلاة استسقاء لنانسي مارتن
الفيضان ، تلك الكارثة الطبيعية التي ترعب البشر و الأخطر هو الفيضان الذي يحدث بداخل أنفسنا بعد التعرض للمواقف الجامحة
لي سؤال ، ما المقصود بـ الانطباعيين ، الكلمة موجودة في صفحة 91
القصة الخامسة : إنقراض طفيف لبول لي
الإعتداء بالضرب و ذلك القدر الكبير من العنف الذي يصيب بالغثيان ثم يعقبه شعور بالندم والأسف الشديد
القصة السادسة : عندما جاء جوني الى البيت يخطو متثاقلا ل ك. س. كونستانتين
الحرب العالمية الثانية و مساوئها
هل ما اصيب جوني بمرض نفسي بسبب ويلات الحرب إم كان أصلا مريضا قبل أن يشترك في الحرب
القصة السابعة : الدخيل للكاتبة كاثلين جورج
تبدأ احداث الق��ة بالتحقيق مع أسرة أجنبية بسبب إقتحام شخص ما لمنزلهم .
القصة رائعة و أظن أنها من أروع القصص في الكتاب و لكني أشعر أنها مكتوبة لغرض ما في القصة يبدو أن لها إسقاط سياسي
القصة الثامنة
فوكس تشابل المكتظة للكاتبة ريبكا دريك
تغيير المسكن و صعوبته
أظن أنة من الجيد أنهم تركوا الزحام و ذهبوا للمنطقة الهادئة و لكني أشعر أن هذا ليس انطباعه
تلك القصة كانت مفاجأة بالنسبة لي واعجبتني جدا
القصة التاسعة :
في الأسفل للكاتب كارلوس أنطونيو ديلجادو
لا تعليق ….
القصة العاشرة
في البوينا فيستا للكاتب هيلاري ماسترز
علينا ان لا نبني أهدافنا و آمالنا علي أشياء الغير
القصة الحادية عشرة :
العودة الى الوطن للكاتبة كاثرين ميلر هينز الحنين و الاشتياق إلى الحبيبة
القصة الثانية عشرة :
المخادع للكاتبة أوبري هيرش
القصة تدور حول الفراغ و الحزن و الوحدة
القصة الثالثة عشرة :
رمي المفتاح للكاتب توم ليبينسكي
هل في بيتسبرج يحجز الناس أماكن لسياراتهم كما يفعلون عندنا في مصر
بالنسبة لأسلوب الكتابة فبعض الجمل كانت غير واضحة المعنى
القصة الرابعة عشرة :
سمع مصادفة للكاتب ريجينالد ماكنايت
القصة غير مفهومه بالنسبة لي
تحرير كاثلين جورج
ما جذبني إلى قراءة تلك المجموعة القصصية هي اللوحة الموجودة على الغلاف و جمالها ،تلك السيقان الساحرة في الحذاء الأحمر .
الكتاب عبارة عن قصص قصيرة تدور أحداثها في مدينة بتسبرج الأمريكية
القصة الأولى : هواء ساكن لتيرنس هايز
تدور أحداث القصة حول مقتل شاب أمريكي من أصول إفريقية و القصة أحداثها بطيئة بعض الشيء
القصة الثانية : منزل مزدوج لستيوارت أونان
لم أستوعب القصة تماما
القصة الثالثة : محطم الذرة لليلا شارا
اعجبتني رومانسية القصة
القصة الرابعة : صلاة استسقاء لنانسي مارتن
الفيضان ، تلك الكارثة الطبيعية التي ترعب البشر و الأخطر هو الفيضان الذي يحدث بداخل أنفسنا بعد التعرض للمواقف الجامحة
لي سؤال ، ما المقصود بـ الانطباعيين ، الكلمة موجودة في صفحة 91
القصة الخامسة : إنقراض طفيف لبول لي
الإعتداء بالضرب و ذلك القدر الكبير من العنف الذي يصيب بالغثيان ثم يعقبه شعور بالندم والأسف الشديد
القصة السادسة : عندما جاء جوني الى البيت يخطو متثاقلا ل ك. س. كونستانتين
الحرب العالمية الثانية و مساوئها
هل ما اصيب جوني بمرض نفسي بسبب ويلات الحرب إم كان أصلا مريضا قبل أن يشترك في الحرب
القصة السابعة : الدخيل للكاتبة كاثلين جورج
تبدأ احداث الق��ة بالتحقيق مع أسرة أجنبية بسبب إقتحام شخص ما لمنزلهم .
القصة رائعة و أظن أنها من أروع القصص في الكتاب و لكني أشعر أنها مكتوبة لغرض ما في القصة يبدو أن لها إسقاط سياسي
القصة الثامنة
فوكس تشابل المكتظة للكاتبة ريبكا دريك
تغيير المسكن و صعوبته
أظن أنة من الجيد أنهم تركوا الزحام و ذهبوا للمنطقة الهادئة و لكني أشعر أن هذا ليس انطباعه
تلك القصة كانت مفاجأة بالنسبة لي واعجبتني جدا
القصة التاسعة :
في الأسفل للكاتب كارلوس أنطونيو ديلجادو
لا تعليق ….
القصة العاشرة
في البوينا فيستا للكاتب هيلاري ماسترز
علينا ان لا نبني أهدافنا و آمالنا علي أشياء الغير
القصة الحادية عشرة :
العودة الى الوطن للكاتبة كاثرين ميلر هينز الحنين و الاشتياق إلى الحبيبة
القصة الثانية عشرة :
المخادع للكاتبة أوبري هيرش
القصة تدور حول الفراغ و الحزن و الوحدة
القصة الثالثة عشرة :
رمي المفتاح للكاتب توم ليبينسكي
هل في بيتسبرج يحجز الناس أماكن لسياراتهم كما يفعلون عندنا في مصر
بالنسبة لأسلوب الكتابة فبعض الجمل كانت غير واضحة المعنى
القصة الرابعة عشرة :
سمع مصادفة للكاتب ريجينالد ماكنايت
القصة غير مفهومه بالنسبة لي
January 25, 2025
I just got started working my way through the Noir series
- see my review of Helsinki Noir. This one didn't grab me quite as much as the first, but possibly it's because I didn't take the time to look up the neighborhoods to get more background and local color. On the other hand I think the Helsinki Noir volume provided more of that without me having to look it up. On to Manhattan Noir!
- see my review of Helsinki Noir. This one didn't grab me quite as much as the first, but possibly it's because I didn't take the time to look up the neighborhoods to get more background and local color. On the other hand I think the Helsinki Noir volume provided more of that without me having to look it up. On to Manhattan Noir!
April 23, 2018
Only a few of the short stories were engaging. I ended up skimming this one, skipped a bunch of stories that fell flat quickly. I guess the allure is reading about places you’re familiar with, but that wasn’t enough to hold my attention.
January 23, 2020
Some of these stories were fun to read. Others were not. An uneven collection and they didn't seem too Pittsburghish. I knew some of these neighborhoods and didn't recognize the places they mentioned. I didn't recognize the characters either. But it was a short entertaining read.
February 21, 2017
Trashy, trashy, trashy.
June 26, 2017
Tiny tall tales and fact-like fiction set in the 'burgh.
September 2, 2017
A tad disappointing. Having spent some time in Pittsburgh, I was hoping for more details than what these stories offered. Cest la vie.
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May 19, 2020Pittsburgers everywhere will love this compilation.
Want to read
July 29, 2015Featuring brand-new stories by: Stewart O'Nan, Hilary Masters, Lila Shaara, Rebecca Drake, Kathleen George, Paul Lee, K. C. Constantine, Nancy Martin, Kathryn Miller Haines, Terrance Hayes, Carlos Delgado, Aubrey Hirsch, Tom Lipinski, and Reginald McKnight.
From the introduction:
"What is Pittsburgh to noir and noir to Pittsburgh? We certainly have our rough streets and grisly murders. But dark crime stories depend on something in addition to killing. The best examples of the genre revolve around private moralities and private law; they are the stories of people pushing against real or imagined oppression. In Pittsburgh Noir, as in most of the novels and films that gave the genre its name, the real story is the dark underbelly of existence, the fear and guilt and rebellion and denial in regular people: the woman buying groceries, the man grilling hot dogs. Their secret lives . . .
Includes brand-new stories by Stewart O'Nan, Hilary Masters, Lila Shaara, Rebecca Drake, Kathleen George, Paul Lee, K. C. Constantine, Nancy Martin, Kathryn Miller Haines, Terrance Hayes, Carlos Delgado, Aubrey Hirsch, Tom Lipinski, and Reginald McKnight.
Pittsburgh has recently (and more than once) been called the most livable city in America, yet the old image of smoky skies and steel mills spewing forth grit has never quite disappeared. Its history as a dirty industrial center is a part of its residents, a part of their toughness. The people of the steel city fight.
March 12, 2013
I only read three of these stories. They were more straightforward (less mysterious) than I expected. But I learned some vocabulary--in one story, a man returns home from fighting during World War II and recalls "humping" with fellow soldiers.
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