Hervé Delouche
Author of Paris Noir: The Suburbs
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Paris Noir: The Suburbs: Akashic Noir Series by Herve Delouche
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The Noir books are so good, and Paris Noir didn't disappoint. It contained all of the beauty of the city while showing the darker corners of it. I can't wait to read the next in the Noir series.
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BedOfRoses | 13 other reviews | Mar 20, 2023 | This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
I'm about half-way through this book of short stories that take place in the suburbs of Paris, very much the poorer population, with an ambiguous identification with French-ness, among very many other identities. Why have I stopped? It's so unremittingly grim. Maybe I'll pick it up again, since it's still on the night table. But maybe not.
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ffortsa | 13 other reviews | Nov 15, 2022 | This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
[b:Paris Noir: The Suburbs|59147357|Paris Noir The Suburbs|Hervé Delouche|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1635802099l/59147357._SY75_.jpg|93271443] is another solid entry in the Noir series from Akashic Books. As with other entries in the series, these authors do a great job of evoking the feel of the neighborhoods where their stories take place. All of the stories are very good, but my favorites are "Seeing is Believing" by Insa Sane and "The Shadows of the Trapeze" by Anne Secret.… (more)
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lpg3d | 13 other reviews | Nov 12, 2022 | This review was written for LibraryThing Early Reviewers.
The term Greater Paris is in vogue today, for it has an administrative cachet and seems to denote a simple extension of the capital - as if a ravenous Paris need only extend her web. However, it was not our goal to embrace the tenets of the metro area’s comprehensive plan, a.k.a. the Grand Projet, envisioned as a future El Dorado by the planners and developers. Rather, our aim was to depict the Parisian suburbs in all their plurality and diversity. Without pretending to encompass every spot on the map, we instead opted to give voice and exposure to the localities chosen by the writers who have been part of this adventure. Thus, we decided to adopt the word “suburbs”- in the plural, obviously, for the periphery of the capital is not a homogeneous bloc, nor is it reducible to a cliché like “the suburban ring”.... Here are 13 stories, decidedly noir, to be savored without sugar or sweetener.… (more)
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