Лучшие произведения Жоржа Сименона — стр. 13

'The island itself. Its throbbing heat as if in a belljar under the sun, the scorpion in his son's bed, the deafening sound of cicadas' During his first holiday on the island of Porquerolles Dr Mahe caught a glimpse of something irresistible. As the memory continues to haunt him, he falls prey to a delusion that may offer an escape from his conventional existence - or may destroy him. This is the first English translation of The Mahe Circle, Simenon's dark, malevolent depiction of an ordinary man trapped in mundanity and consumed by obsession.

'It's not because you're foreigners. It's because you aren't foreign enough . . . or else that you are too foreign' Just as the Krull house sits on the edge of a rural French town, the family occupies a marginal place in the life of the community around them. Snubbed by the locals despite having lived there for decades, they rely on trade with passing sailors to earn a living. When their relative arrives unannounced from Germany, with his unsettling, nonchalant ways, the family becomes the target of increasing suspicion and the scapegoat for a terrible crime. Written on the eve of the Second World War, The Krull House is a taut, strangely…

Stan hat viele Ideen, aber einfach kein Glück. Nach einem kleinen, aber folgenreichen Spaß in seiner Heimat Litauen muss er diese verlassen und geht nach Amerika. Nachdem er auch hier wieder scheitert und sich in Lebensgefahr bringt, strandet er mit seiner Freundin in Paris. Während Nouchi hier Fuß fasst, bleibt Stan rastlos. Als Illegaler hat er wenige Aussichten auf einen guten Job, und erneut gerät er in das Visier einer gefährlichen Bande. Stan wird zunehmend zum Gesetzlosen, einem Outlaw.