by Robert Wilson · Tapa blanda · ISBN 9782266132213
VAT included
Hamelyn quality guarantee · checked and verified, or your money back
«Une mort à Lisbonne» is Robert Wilson's mystery novel, published by Pocket in paperback (733 pages, in French).
In 1941, in a Europe at war, the German industrialist Klaus Felsen arrives in Lisbon to serve the interests of the SS. Decades later, the body of young Catarina Oliveira appears on a beach and Inspector Ze Coelho, a nonconformist detective, takes on a case that leads him from Lisbon's high society to family secrets and an unexpected connection to the Nazi past.
Originally published in English as A Small Death in Lisbon. Winner of the Macallan Gold Dagger in 1999 and the Deutscher Krimi Preis in 2003.
For readers of noir and historical fiction who enjoy mystery plots with a dual timeline.
Robert Wilson was an American director and playwright of experimental theater. He also worked as a choreographer, performer, painter, sculptor, video artist, and sound and lighting designer. He is best known for his collaboration with Philip Glass and Lucinda Childs on Einstein on the Beach, and his frequent collaborations with Tom Waits. In 1991, Wilson established The Watermill Center, "a laboratory for performance" on the East End of Long Island, New York, regularly working with opera and theater companies, as well as cultural festivals.
