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We Know You Remember de Tove Alsterdal

We Know You Remember

Autor Tove Alsterdal
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 6 dec 2022

O cheie ascunsă sub o piatră familiară. Un miros pestilențial care răzbate din interior. Apă care curge neîncetat în baie. We Know You Remember începe brutal: Olof Hagström se întoarce acasă după două decenii de exil pentru a-și găsi tatăl mort în duș. Dar moartea bătrânului este doar scânteia care reaprinde un fior vechi în comunitate. Ne-a atras atenția modul în care Tove Alsterdal construiește tensiunea prin ochii detectivei Eira Sjödin, marcată încă de coșmarurile copilăriei, când Olof, pe atunci un adolescent, a fost găsit vinovat de o crimă teribilă. Suntem de părere că forța acestui roman rezidă în amestecul dintre procedura polițistă riguroasă și melancolia specifică genului nordic noir. Ritmul este alert, dictat de secrete care refuză să rămână îngropate și de o vinovăție colectivă care apasă asupra fiecărui personaj. Cei care au parcurs For the Missing de Lina Bengtsdotter vor fi pregătiți pentru atmosfera apăsătoare a unui oraș mic unde amintirile sunt la fel de periculoase ca prezentul. Spre deosebire de investigațiile jurnalistice din The Forgotten Dead, aici Tove Alsterdal coboară adânc în psihologia traumei locale. Cartea, tradusă din limba suedeză, reușește să evite clișeele genului, oferind o structură narativă în care trecutul și prezentul se contopesc până la punctul în care nimic nu mai este ceea ce pare. Este un debut de serie care stabilește un standard înalt pentru literatura polițistă contemporană.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780063115071
ISBN-10: 0063115077
Pagini: 368
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 22 mm
Greutate: 0.27 kg
Editura: Harpercollins

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm acest roman cititorilor care caută mai mult decât o simplă rezolvare a unei crime. Veți câștiga o perspectivă profundă asupra modului în care memoria colectivă poate distorsiona adevărul. Este o lectură esențială pentru fanii genului nordic noir care apreciază realismul social și personajele feminine puternice, dar vulnerabile, precum Eira Sjödin.

Despre autor

Tove Alsterdal este una dintre cele mai apreciate voci ale literaturii polițiste din Suedia. Cu o carieră solidă ca jurnalist de investigație și scenarist, ea a demonstrat o abilitate remarcabilă de a sonda zonele întunecate ale societății europene. Succesul internațional a venit odată cu seria „High Coast”, unde We Know You Remember a fost distins cu prestigiosul premiu Glass Key și titlul de cel mai bun roman polițist suedez al anului. Stilul său se remarcă prin eleganță narativă și o atenție deosebită acordată peisajului suedez, care devine un personaj în sine în lucrări precum Deep Harbour sau Nebelblau.

Descriere scurtă

“Beautifully elegiac and intricately plotted, this is Nordic noir at its best.”—People
Winner of the Glass Key Award for Best Nordic Crime Novel • Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year • Shortlisted for the Best Swedish Book of the Year Award • One of People Magazine’s Best Books of Fall 
A missing girl, a hidden body, a decades-long cover-up, and old sins cast in new light: the classic procedural meets Scandinavian atmosphere in this rich, character-driven mystery, awarded Best Swedish Crime Novel of the Year, that heralds the American debut of a supremely skilled international writer. 
It’s been more than twenty years since Olof Hagström left home. Returning to his family’s house, he knows instantly that something is amiss. The front door key, hidden under a familiar stone, is still there. Inside, there’s a panicked dog, a terrible stench, water pooling on the floor: the father Olaf has not seen or spoken to in decades is dead in the bathroom shower.
For police detective Eira Sjödin, the investigation of this suspicious death resurrects long-forgotten nightmares. She was only nine when Olof Hagström, then fourteen, was found guilty of raping and murdering a local girl. The case left a mark on the town’s collective memory—a wound that never quite healed—and tinged Eira’s childhood with fear. Too young to be sentenced, Olof was sent to a youth home and exiled from his family. He was never seen in the town again. Until now. 
An intricate crime narrative in which past and present gracefully blend, We Know You Remember is a relentlessly suspenseful and beautifully written novel about guilt and memory in which nothing is what it seems, and unexpected twists upend everything you think you know. 

Recenzii

“Strong local color, convincing characters, and a twisty plot make this a standout. This is Swedish noir at its murky best.” — Publishers Weekly, starred review
“This is a world-class Scandinavian mystery, one that will be mentioned in the same breath with Smilla’s Sense of Snow, The Redbreast or the Milennium trilogy…. I predict that it will be one of the most talked-about suspense novels of the year.”  — BookPage, starred review
“Compelling and expertly constructed.” — Booklist
“Alsterdal plots enough twists to keep the police procedural interesting and writes a great woman protagonist; fans of international mystery will be happy to discover her.” — Library Journal
“A cat-and-mouse game that promises to be full of surprises, as well as thoughtful considerations of grief, guilt, and memory.” — LitHub’s Crimereads
“Among today’s abundant crime novels, it’s rare to find one that demands a second reading for its language and insight. We Know You Remember is one of that small group.” — New York Journal of Books
“Among today’s abundant crime novels, it’s rare to find one that demands a second reading for its language and insight. We Know You Remember is one of that small group, and more American appearances of Tove Alsterdal’s other titles are well worth looking forward to.” — New York Review of Books
“Riveting. . . . The plot structure of this memorable work is brilliantly conceived and executed, and the development of an array of fascinating characters is impressive. As a matter of fact, it is as much a profound psychological study as it is a clever police procedural . . . A superb procedural and an acutely revelatory reading experience.”  — Bookreporter
“A beautiful and atmospheric novel with an interesting plot and a very likeable detective, that I really look forward to meet again.” — Nordic Noir
“The prose is methodical and gritty, the characters are diligent, troubled, relentless, and multilayered, and the plot is an ominous tale full of twists, turns, secrets, red herrings, deception, manipulation, desperation, deduction, mayhem, violence, and murder. We Know You Remember is an unsettling, atmospheric, taut whodunit by Alsterdal that has all the qualities you look for in a Swedish Noir novel and is a promising US debut for this new-to-me author.” — What's Better Than Books Blog
“Beautifully elegiac and intricately plotted, this is Nordic noir at its best.” — People Magazine, Best Books of Fall Award

Notă biografică

Tove Alsterdal burst upon the Swedish book scene in 2009 with The Forgotten Dead and is the author of five critically acclaimed stand-alone novels. We Know You Remember, which was named Swedish Crime Novel of the Year and was shortlisted for the country's Book of the Year Award, marks her American debut.