Europa Blues (L’Europe de l’Est des romans policiers scandinaves)

The Scandinavian detective novel (or at least some of its authors) elaborates on local materials in an increasingly global or European context. From the perspective of its social relevance, the detective novel provides some of the most influential representations of Otherness. What interests us her...

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Main Author: Sándor Kálai
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Babes-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca 2022-12-01
Series:Caietele Echinox
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Online Access:http://caieteleechinox.lett.ubbcluj.ro/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/CaieteEchinox43-2022-p.185-197.pdf
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Summary:The Scandinavian detective novel (or at least some of its authors) elaborates on local materials in an increasingly global or European context. From the perspective of its social relevance, the detective novel provides some of the most influential representations of Otherness. What interests us here is the place of Eastern Europe in the novels of certain Nordic Noir authors: Inger Wolf, Arne Dahl and Jo Nesbø. The dynamics between private and public, individual and collective, as well as the rich representation of different forms of mobility make it possible to build a wide variety of character identities, and to embrace both the local and the European/global.
ISSN:1582-960X