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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. Lots of really good short stories that take place in Vancouver. Sadly, I'm not really familiar with all of the authors, but I definitely enjoyed everything. I need to look up other works by the authors featured. ( )This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. A really enjoyable collection of noir stories, set in the greater Vancouver BC area. As with all books in the Akashic "Noir" series, the stories are varied enough to be interesting and similar enough to create a common feeling of dark underbelly. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. You can never go wrong with the Noir series. Each story was unique but felt as if they belonged to the same book. Even when it pushed the traditional noir field by adding a little other worldly elements it still worked. I won't pick out one story over any other- though the last story is a good read and...ah just read it. This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers. I have read a number of the Noir series, and Vancouver Noir may well be my favorite. Vancouver's dark and rainy environment lends perfectly to a noir landscape. Author Dennis Lehane describes noir as "working class tragedy", and that is Vanouver Noir in a nutshell. You can almost feel the salt water spray from the wild and raging Pacific. In your mind's eye, you can see the ominous coastal mountain range. From Whole Foods shopping, Coach diaper bag toting up-scale moms to strung out street walkers, it's all here in gloriously depressing noir-ish delight. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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Linda L. Richards's "Terminal City" has received theArthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Short Story presented by Crime Writers of Canada! Editor Sam Wiebe's "Wonderful Life" has been named a finalist for theArthur Ellis Award for Best Crime Short Story presented by Crime Writers of Canada! "Vancouver Noir is an excellent anthology that would appeal to short-story fans of all types--even those who don't read the genre on a regular basis...Like the earlier volumesToronto Noir andMontreal Noir, the new anthology serves as a fantastic introduction for those unfamiliar with the genre and a reminder that Canada, bursting with amazing writers, is one of the strongest countries for crime writing in the world." --Quill & Quire, Starred review "There's the Vancouver of charming neighborhoods, vast verdant parks, lovely beaches and snow-capped mountains as a backdrop to it all. But the Vancouver of the newly publishedVancouver Noir collection of 14 original short stories is the unsettling underside of all that--and the project masterminds couldn't be happier." --Globe & Mail "Vancouver writer Sam Wiebe likes to describe crime fiction as the ultimate anti-travel guide. Instead of taking readers on a tour of charming local hot spots, it delivers them to the dark underbelly of a city, inviting them to follow detectives down sketchy streets and back alleys normally hidden from tourist view. According to Wiebe, if you want to really know a city, read its murder mysteries." --Montecristo Magazine "Vancouver's reputation is that of outdoor fun, athleisure wear clothing and craft beer. But don't be fooled by all the S'well water bottles; there's a much darker side to the city, a side that is chronicled in the new short-story anthologyVancouver Noir." --Vancouver Sun Akashic Books continues its award-winning series of original noir anthologies, launched in 2004 withBrooklyn Noir. Each book comprises all new stories, each one set in a distinct neighborhood or location within the respective city. Following the success ofMontreal Noir andToronto Noir, the Noir Series travels to the west coast of Canada. Brand-new stories by: Linda L. Richards, Timothy Taylor, Sheena Kamal, Robin Spano, Carleigh Baker, Sam Wiebe, Dietrich Kalteis, Nathan Ripley, Yasuko Thanh, Kristi Charish, Don English, Nick Mamatas, S.G. Wong, and R.M. Greenaway. From the introduction by Sam Wiebe: You might wonder what shadows could exist in Vancouver, rain-spattered jewel of the Pacific Northwest. Nestled between the US border and the Coast Mountains, the city's postcard charms are familiar, even to those who've never been here, thanks to the films and TV shows shot in Hollywood North:The X-Files andDeadpool, Rumble in the Bronx andJason Takes Manhattan.Vancouver is the so-called City of Glass. A nice place, in any case, and much too nice for noir. Looked at from afar, Vancouver may seem idyllic. But living here is different--cold and baffling and occasionally hostile. While outsiders focus on high-test BC bud, locals see a heroin crisis: Vancouver is home to the first legalized safe-injection site in North America, now heavily taxed by overdoses resulting from street drugs cut with fentanyl. It's ground zero for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, a nationwide catastrophe involving the deaths anddisappearances of hundreds of marginalized women. Money and status trample culture and community...If Vancouver is a City of Glass, that glass is underneath our feet. Ingen biblioteksbeskrivelser fundet. |
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