Piero Chiara Knihy

Autorem tohoto humorně laděného románu z italského maloměsta doby meziválečné je italský básník, spisovatel a překladatel (nar. 1913). Příběh, který si dává do čela verše z Boccacciova Dekameronu a který humorně obráží předválečné italské politické ovzduší, vypráví o vypočítavém úředníku, který získá jednu ze tří vzdělaných, ale ošklivých sester, starých panen, ožení se s ní a postupně zahrne do svého harému i dvě sestry zbývající. "Přes boccacciovské motto," říká se na záložce knihy, "je to fraška v podstatě neveselá, rozvážná ve vyprávění a pečlivá v detailech i psychologické analýze..."

Hrdinou románu Uvidím Singapur? je čtyřiadvacetiletý soudní úředník nejnižšího stupně, kterému se otevírá životní šance na italském severu v zapadlém městečku s drsným podnebím, ale poklidnou atmosférou – zaměstnanci soudu se zajímají hlavně o karty, biliár a milostné pletky. Tatoidylka rázem skončí, když se nečekaně objeví vysoce postavený soudní komisař a do sporu se špičkou byrokratického aparátu mussoliniovské diktatury se dostane i náš hrdina: nezbývá mu než nastoupit na loď a odplout co nejdál. Čtvrtky paní Giulie je detektivní příběh napsaný původně pro televizi.

"Every Thursday for three years, Signora Giulia takes the train to Milan to visit her daughter. But one Thursday she simply disappears. And the case is left in your hands. You're a born detective, but you have so many unanswered questions --how can a young, beautiful high society woman just vanish into thin air? Why does her husband -- a prominent criminal lawyer and much older man -- know nothing about it? And who was she really visiting during those trips to Milan? For Detective Sciancalepre, the mystery is darker and more tangled than he imagined. Shadows are lurking in the grounds behind Giulia's house. Incriminating letters are exchanging hands. And no one is who they seem. Every twist and turn takes us closer to Giulia -- and further from the truth..."--

Summer 1946. A man in his thirties is sailing on Lake Maggiore in northern Italy, hoping to put off the inevitable return to work. Dropping anchor in a small port, he meets the owner of a nearby villa who invites him home for in his waterside mansion. The sailor in a guest room previously occupied by a now deceased bishop related to his host. The two men form an uneasy bond, recognizing in each other a shared taste for idling and erotic adventure. They soon set sail together, but sudden tragedy puts an end to their revels and shatters the tranquillity of the villa...

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Da vittima dell'ingordigia maschile, Caterina si trasforma in abile regista pur di assicurarsi una porzione di felicità terrena. Un indimenticabile romanzo nel quale il popolare scrittore penetra nel mistero dell'animo femminile analizzando le motivazioni che sfuggono a chiunque ne subisca il sortilegio.