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Agatha Christie has outsold Stephen King and J.K Rowling combined by about 2 billion books. Her work ranks only behind Shakespeare's and the Bible as the most widely published books in history. And when she killed off one of her principle characters, Hercule Poirot, The New York Times published a fr
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In occasione dell’anniversario della morte di Agatha Christie, che ci ha lasciato esattamente il 12 gennaio del 1976, voglio suggerire a tutti gli amanti della lettura di rispolverare quel vecchio libro della regina del giallo che tutti abbiamo in casa. Eh si, sono sicura che amanti o no del crimine e dei polizieschi, non ci sia casa dove non sia presente un romanzo di Agatha Christie. Personalmente adoro il suo stile, semplice, chiaro e molto dettagliato. Tutti i suoi libri riescono ad affascinarmi dalla prima all’ultima pagina. Ogni capitolo, ogni frase direi, così ben strutturata, riescono a farmi partecipare agli avvenimenti, i quali sono descritti in maniera molto avvincente. Ammetto che il giallo è stato il primo genere letterario della mia infanzia, grazie ai consigli di mio padre e da quel giorno non l’ho mai abbandonato. Ho ampliato le mie letture in quasi tutti i campi, ad altri autori gialli e no, ma poi torno a rileggere i classici di Agatha ed è un po’ come tornare a casa. La raffinatezza dei metodi investigativi di Monsieur Hercule Poirot, la sua logica freddezza nell'analizzare i fatti, o come direbbe lui, il suo accurato lavoro di cellule grigie, la dolcezza di Miss Marple che nasconde un acume fuori dal comune e una costante attenzione ad ogni piccolo dettaglio, solo Agatha Christie è stata capace di plasmare queste caratteristiche psicologiche e metterle ben chiare in ogni suo romanzo. Decisamente Agatha Christie riesce anche dopo vari tenativi di imitazione, ad avere uno stile unico e sempre molto attuale. Non potrei e non voglio consigliare un libro in particolare, tutti sono ugualmente avvincenti e quasi di lettura obbligata. Fatevi rapire dal fascino del mistero e provate ad investigare insieme a M. Poirot e Miss Marple. Agatha Christie su Wikipedia Agatha Christie - Portale web Kly
Agatha Christie: Cat among the pigeons. Fontana Books 1971 (thirteenth impression). Cover art by Tom Adams.
You can judge a book by its cover, it just depends on the talents of the artist and their understanding of the book they are illustrating. Tom Adams (March 29, 1926 – December 9, 2019) was such an artist. His covers to novels by Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler, John Fowles, Kingsley Amis, among others added … Continue reading "Murder by the Book: Tom Adams’ Brilliant Agatha Christie Covers"
On the anniversary of her death, we reveal twenty things you might not know about doyenne of crime fiction, Agatha Christie
Paolo Veronese (1528–1588), St. Jerome in the Wilderness, 1566–67. Oil on canvas, 91 × 57 1⁄4 inches, San Pietro Martire, Murano Photo: Ufficio Beni Culturali del Patriarcato di Venezia. NEW YORK, NY .- This fall, The Frick Collection presents a focused...
Agatha Christie has outsold Stephen King and J.K Rowling combined by about 2 billion books. Her work ranks only behind Shakespeare's and the Bible as the most widely published books in history. And when she killed off one of her principle characters, Hercule Poirot, The New York Times published a fr
Cover by Tom Adams. Fontana Books ninth impression paperback (1975).
An old woman in a nursing home speaks of a child buried behind the fireplace… When Tommy and Tuppence visited an elderly aunt in her gothic nursing home, they thought nothing of her mistrust of the doctors; after all, Ada was a very diffic
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You can judge a book by its cover, it just depends on the talents of the artist and their understanding of the book they are illustrating. Tom Adams (March 29, 1926 – December 9, 2019) was such an artist. His covers to novels by Agatha Christie, Raymond Chandler, John Fowles, Kingsley Amis, among others added … Continue reading "Murder by the Book: Tom Adams’ Brilliant Agatha Christie Covers"
The rare pictures of crime writer Agatha Christie, taken between 1895 and 1898, show the author at her childhood home of Ashfield in Torquay, Devon. She is pictured playing aged eight.
