Query: Non-detective Belgian novels by Georges Simenon
Domain: books
Relevant documents:
The Man on the Bench in the Barn
Red Lights (novel)
Les Fiançailles de M. Hire
Young Cardinaud
The Bottom of the Bottle (novel)
The Prison (novel)
The Strangers in the House
Act of Passion
The Watchmaker of Everton
The Night Club (novel)
Pedigree (novel)
Tropic Moon
Strange Inheritance (novel)
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By (novel)
The Little Man from Archangel
The Cat (novel)
La Veuve Couderc
Evidence from documents: The Man on the Bench in the Barn: '''''The Man on the Bench in the Barn''''' is a novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon.
Red Lights (novel): '''''Feux rouges''''' (''Red Lights'') is the title of a short novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon
Les Fiançailles de M. Hire: Non-detective Belgian novels by Georges Simenon: '''''Les Fiançailles de M. Hire''''' (''Monsieur Hire's Engagement'') is a short novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon. It is one of the author's first self-described ''roman durs'' or "hard novels" to distinguish it from his ''romans populaires'' or "popular novels," which are primarily mysteries that usually feature his famous Inspector Maigret character.
Non-detective: Once a week, Hire is the unlikely star of a Parisian bowling club, where people think he works for the police. Apart from his passion for bowling, Hire is a peeping Tom and obsessed with the voyeuristic observation of his neighbor Alice. During his nocturnal observations, he is able to identify the perpetrator of the crime who is none other than Alice's boyfriend.
Young Cardinaud: a 1942 novel by the French-based Belgian writer Georges Simenon.
The Bottom of the Bottle (novel): '''''The Bottom of the Bottle''''' is a novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon.
The Prison (novel): a 1968 novel by Georges Simenon. The ''dur'' tale of a husband informed by the police that his wife has shot her sister, the novel takes similar themes to Simenon's domestic crisis novels ''Lettre à mon juge'' and ''La Main''.
The Strangers in the House: is a novel by Belgian author Georges Simenon.
Act of Passion: Non-detective Belgian novels by Georges Simenon: by Belgian author Georges Simenon in 1946 during his stay at Bradenton Beach, Florida and published in Paris the following year by Presses de la Cité.
Non-detective: The novel is in the form of a long letter written in prison by condemned murderer Dr. Charles Alavoine. Alavoine wants to explain his personal side of the story to a judge handling his legal case, as his trial did not bring out the true motives for the crime
The Watchmaker of Everton: Non-detective Belgian novels by Georges Simenon: a novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon.
Non-detective: The novel is among his ''romans durs'', a term roughly translated as hard, or harrowing, novels; it was used by Simenon for what he regarded as his serious literary works.
The Night Club (novel): Non-detective Belgian novels by Georges Simenon: a novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon
Non-detective: he novel is set in Nantes, France. Simenon grew up in Liège in Belgium, but some elements of the novel are autobiographical: the young journalist who becomes interested in seedy nightlife, his weak mother, and his father with a heart condition.
The story is seen from the point of view of Jean Cholet, a young journalist with the ''Gazette de Nantes'', who lives with his parents. He attends an official banquet one evening, where he gets drunk and goes on to the night club ''L'Âne Rouge'' ("The Red Donkey"); he is intrigued by Speelman, a theatre company manager. Interested in the night club, he visits regularly and gets to know the people there; Lulu, a singer, becomes his lover.
Pedigree (novel): '''''Pedigree ''''' is an autobiographical novel by the Belgian author Georges Simenon, first published in 1948.
Tropic Moon: '''''Le Coup de Lune''''' (; literally "moonburn" or "moonstroke" in French, but translated into English as '''''Tropic Moon''''', is a 1933 novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon.
Strange Inheritance (novel): is a 1941 mystery novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon.
The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By (novel): by Georges Simenon: '''''The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By''''', first published in English in 1938, is a crime thriller by Georges Simenon about a man's rapid descent into criminality and madness following sudden financial ruination.
Non-detective: Kees Popinga, a quiet, respectable Dutchman working as head clerk in Groningen becomes increasingly unhinged after discovering that his cynical employer has looted and ruined his firm and confides in him that he will fake a suicide in order to escape punishment.
The Little Man from Archangel: Non-detective: It tells the story of Jonas Milk, a man whose Russian-Jewish parents, refugees from Archangel
Belgian novels by Georges Simenon: is a novel by Georges Simenon.
The Cat (novel): novel by the Belgian writer Georges Simenon
La Veuve Couderc: '''''La Veuve Couderc''''' is a novel by Belgian writer Georges Simenon.