Les Volets Verts by Georges Simenon
C'etait curieux: l'obscurite qui l'entourait n'etait pas l'obscurite immobile, immaterielle, negative, a laquelle on est habitue. Elle lui rappelait plutot l'obscurite presque palpable de certains de ses cauchemars d'enfant, une obscurite mechante qui, certaines nuits, l'attaquait par vagues ou essayait de l'etouffer.Vous pouvez vous detendre.
Mais il ne pouvait pas encore remuer. Respirer seulement, ce qui etait deja un soulagement. Son dos etait appuye a une cloison lisse dont il n'aurait pu determiner la matiere et, contre sa poitrine nue, pesait l'ecran dont la luminosite permettait de deviner le visage du docteur. Peut-etre etait-ce a cause de cette lueur que l'obscurite environnante semblait faite de nuages mous et enveloppants ?
Pourquoi l'obligeait-on a rester si longtemps dans une pose inconfortable, sans rien lui dire ? Tout a l'heure, sur le divan de cuir noir, dans le cabinet de consultation, il gardait sa liberte d'esprit, parlait de sa vraie voix, sa grosse voix bourrue de la scene et de la ville, s'amusait a observer Biguet, le fameux Biguet qui avait soigne et soignait encore la plupart des personnages illustres.
Georges Simenon (1903 1989) was born in Liege, Belgium. He started working as a reporter at the age of fifteen and by the end of his life had published hundreds of novels under his own name and sundry pseudonyms. Renowned all over the world for his series of mysteries featuring Inspector Maigret, Simenon was also the author of many psychological novels. The Engagement is one of eight novels by Simenon published by NYRB Classics.
John Gray is Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics. He is the author of many works of philosophy and is a regular contributor to the Guardian and the Times Literary Supplement. He lives in Oxford.
Anna Moschovakis is the author of a book of poems, I Have Not Been Able to Get Through to Everyone and co-founder of the Ugly Duckling Presse. In 2005 she translated The Authentic Bistros of Paris for The Little Bookroom. She teaches Comparative Literature at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City.
John Gray is Professor of European Thought at the London School of Economics. He is the author of many works of philosophy and is a regular contributor to the Guardian and the Times Literary Supplement. He lives in Oxford.
Anna Moschovakis is the author of a book of poems, I Have Not Been Able to Get Through to Everyone and co-founder of the Ugly Duckling Presse. In 2005 she translated The Authentic Bistros of Paris for The Little Bookroom. She teaches Comparative Literature at the CUNY Graduate Center in New York City.
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| ISBN 13 | 9782253143031 |
| ISBN 10 | 2253143030 |
| Title | Les Volets Verts |
| Author | Georges Simenon |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Librairie generale francaise |
| Year published | 2004-04-28 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
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