tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post6541522625860546306..comments2023-10-10T10:00:06.367+01:00Comments on DJ´s krimiblog: Håkan Nesser, En helt anden historie (2008)Dorte Hhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-11583806245980083612010-01-11T16:11:58.621+00:002010-01-11T16:11:58.621+00:00Jane: vi er helt enige om Adler-Olsen! Jeg har lig...Jane: vi er helt enige om Adler-Olsen! Jeg har lige været på biblioteket, men de havde ikke nr to på hylden, så jeg lod mig friste af noget andet. <br /><br />Jeg lover at sætte Charlaine Harris på min liste, men ingen faste løfter om hvornår jeg prøver hende. Jeg har 50 ulæste krimier på hylden, deltager i to læse-udfordringer og har lige slæbt ni bøger hjem fra biblioteket.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-64829769685808481222010-01-11T12:55:57.563+00:002010-01-11T12:55:57.563+00:00Nå, nu kører det jo virkelig med at kommentere! De...Nå, nu kører det jo virkelig med at kommentere! Det var nemlig Assad der gjorde Adler-Olsens krimi rigtig god, og jeg har da også bestilt hans øvrige værker på biblioteket! Det er første gang jeg har læst en dansk krimi med en person af anden etnisk oprindelse end dansk i rollen som detektiv, og det gjorde virkelig godt (nogle flere af dem, tak), især fordi bogen ikke blev helt fedtet ind i halaldebat. <br /><br />Personligt er jeg helt gaga over kombinationen vampyrer og krimi. Kan det blive bedre? Ja, for det handler også om Sydstaterne! Det er nemlig Charlaine Harris bøger som ligger til grund for den geniale tv-serie True Blood, men bøgerne er lidt mere krimi-agtige. Altså, detektiven har ikke ansættelse i politiet (hun er heller ikke journalist men servitrice) og hendes redskab er en medfødt evne til telepati, så det er ikke en helt standardkrimi, vel? Men sjove og spændende, det de :-Dbetteskovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13737996044604823642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-72302275471752411582010-01-11T12:09:55.921+00:002010-01-11T12:09:55.921+00:00Anita: so am I!
Jane: never trust google (or Blo...Anita: so am I! <br /><br />Jane: never trust google (or Blogger) :) <br />Jo, der går da meget familiehygge & forelskelse i den, men så kan man jo bare sætte farten ekstra op. Jeg nød i hvert fald slutningen, og lod mig overraske. <br />Jeg har læst én af Adler-Olsen, og jeg er enig i, at den er rigtig god. Især er hans sidekick en fin fornyelse. Var det ikke Assad? <br /><br />Vampyrer? Hm, vampyrer MED krimi kunne jeg måske godt overveje.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-19105341688902413962010-01-11T12:05:06.793+00:002010-01-11T12:05:06.793+00:00Margot: yes, I think several Van Veeteren fans are...Margot: yes, I think several Van Veeteren fans are waiting eagerly for more Nesser. <br /><br />Hi Peter, nice to meet you! <br />Well, I am not here to criticize American readers, but I think ANY reader can expand his or her horizon by reading books from other continents and language areas. I am certainly happy I am not restricted to read Danish crime fiction!Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-31965095313488108742010-01-11T10:08:09.715+00:002010-01-11T10:08:09.715+00:00Jeg forsøgte at kommentere på denne post i går, åb...Jeg forsøgte at kommentere på denne post i går, åbenbart forgæves (damn google-konto). Nå, men jeg kunne også godt lide denne Nesser-bog (jeg lærte Barbarotti at kende først, så savner ikke den gamle komissær så meget), selvom der måske går lige rigelig familiehygge i den. Værre end mange femi-krimier siger jeg bare... Men plottet var jo ellers uhyggeligt nok, og ret spændende, så alt i alt får den en thumbs up fra mig.<br />Forresten kom jeg til at tænke på, at Jussi Adler-Olsen (har godt nok kun læst en af hans bøger) godt kunne være det danske svar på Nesser. Har du læst ham?<br />Og så har jeg en anbefaling, der godt nok går ind i en lidt anden genre. Charlaine Harris, der skriver om vampyrer har faktisk en krimi-historie i nogle af sine bøger (Dead until Dark og Living Dead in Dallas). Var det ikke lige en gren krimibloggen kunne møves ud af - vampyrer lader til at være det de unge vil ha! ;-)betteskovhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13737996044604823642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-64445377080114214242010-01-11T08:09:27.401+00:002010-01-11T08:09:27.401+00:00The books about Barbarotti are absolutely fantasti...The books about Barbarotti are absolutely fantastic, I have read all of them. Waiting for the next one...Anitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14618020714135732880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-42881163474314977852010-01-11T01:06:35.635+00:002010-01-11T01:06:35.635+00:00The one per year policy (which certainly does not ...The one per year policy (which certainly does not apply to James Peterson and some others in the US) of publishers is a policy I believe is fairly outdated. Both in Scandinavia and in German they did Stieg Larsson a lot faster with great success.<br /><br />I think it is xonophobia more than a rational policy. And, let's face it, there is considerable xonophobia in the publishing industry, especially in the US. I read in the New York Times that only 4% of the books are foreign. That would mean Americans read 90% books written in a country with less than 10% of the world population. And, compared to other writers, American writers are simply not of a quality that makes that explainable in a rational world.<br /><br />Peter @ scandinavianbooks.comBloggergutthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10499269971200097438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-43832185788134095272010-01-10T14:30:51.256+00:002010-01-10T14:30:51.256+00:00Dorte - Like Elizabeth, I'm thoroughly intrigu...Dorte - Like Elizabeth, I'm thoroughly intrigued by the idea of a murder told from the killer's POV. I'm even more intrigued by multiple perspectives. That adds such richness to a book. I'm really hoping this series gets translated soon!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-50135855628512188992010-01-10T13:58:27.591+00:002010-01-10T13:58:27.591+00:00Maxine: I know it must be annoying to have to wait...Maxine: I know it must be annoying to have to wait for so long. They probably don´t think they can sell more than one per author every year. As you can see, I was not quite sure about the series after the first, but this one was such a pleasure to read that I turned the pages faster and faster. The ending was also a surprise, but no more about that ;D <br /><br />Norman: you have my sympathy. If I could not read novels in English ... I wish I could help, but I don´t think anyone would appreciate it (anyone but my friends, maybe) if I butted in and translated Barbarotti. <br /><br />Elizabeth: it is not the whole story, but there are several sections told by the killer in diary-form. The two voices of narration worked really well and enhanced my reading experience. And somehow I think all readers enjoy getting information the police don´t have.Dorte Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14535044092722418173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-80594416511673181412010-01-10T13:26:55.834+00:002010-01-10T13:26:55.834+00:00Interesting idea! So it's told through the kil...Interesting idea! So it's told through the killer's POV through the diary? Wow.<br /><br />Elizabeth<br /><a href="http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Writing is Murder</a> <br /><a href="http://www.mysteryloverskitchen.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Lovers’ Kitchen</a>Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-54032746021818500192010-01-10T12:25:10.627+00:002010-01-10T12:25:10.627+00:00'Not been translated into English yet' mus...'Not been translated into English yet' must be the cruelest words in crime fiction.<br />I was so intrigued by this series when Hakan nesser spoke about it at Crime Fest that I went over to Steven Murray and Tiina Nunnally and suggested they might volunteer their services as extra translators. A bit of a cheek on my part, but at one a year I might not be around for all the Van Veeterens yet alone the Barbarottis.Uriah Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02046023583067265187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3725252734697392575.post-56813633696959429962010-01-10T10:51:20.443+00:002010-01-10T10:51:20.443+00:00I really do hope they translate his Barbarotti ser...I really do hope they translate his Barbarotti series into English soon! The author talked about this series at Crime Fest and it sounds most apppealing. Thank you for your appetiser! I hope we monolinguists do not have to wait too long for the main course.<br /><br />It is also quite frustrating for the reader to have to wait a year between each Van Veeteren book - so far only 4 of the 10 are translated, and they were written so long ago that the author had forgotten many of the details when he was asked about them in his interview! I understand, though, that translating and publishing has its own timescale....Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.com