Foreign Bodies
By: edited and introduced by Martin Edwards
Contributors: Chekhov, Anton Pavlovich, 1860-1904; Rosenkrantz, Palle, baron, 1867-1941; Groller, Balduin, 1848-1916; Level, Maurice, 1875-1926; Leblanc, Maurice, 1864-1941; Ivans; Rosenhayn, Paul, 1877-1929; Kōga, Saburō, 1893-1945; Bandyopādhyāẏa, Śaradindu, 1899-1970; Samat, Jean-Toussaint; Ōsaka, Keikichi, 1912-1945; Véry, Pierre, 1900-1960; Flanders, John, 1800-1836; Havank; Bermúdez, María Elvira
Edition: First edition. First US trade paperback edition.
Series: British Library Crime Classics
Publisher: Poisoned Pen Press
Published: 2018
Language: eng
Number of pages: 252
ISBN-13: 9781464209109
Copyright date: 2018
Subjects: Private investigators; Murder; Investigation; Detective and mystery stories; Fiction
Description: Today translated crime fiction is in vogue - but this was not always the case. A century before Scandi-noir, writers across Europe and beyond were publishing detective stories of high quality. Often these did not appear in English and they have been known only by a small number of experts. This is the first ever collection of classic crime in translation from the golden age of the genre in the 20th century. Many of these stories are exceptionally rare, and several have been translated for the first time to appear in this volume.
Table of contents: title: Introduction  -- Martin Edwards; title: The Swedish match  -- Anton Chekhov; title: A sensible course of action  -- Palle Rosenkrantz; title: Strange tracks  -- Balduin Groller; title: The kennel  -- Maurice Level; title: Footprints in the snow  -- Maurice Leblanc; title: The return of Lord Kingwood  -- Ivans; title: The stage box murder  -- Paul Rosenhayn; title: The spider  -- Koga Saburo; title: The venom of the tarantula  -- Sharadindu Bandyopadhyay; title: Murder a la carte  -- Jean-Toussaint Samat; title: The cold night's clearing  -- Keikichi Osaka; title: The mystery of the green room  -- Pierre Very; title: Kippers  -- John Flanders; title: The lipstick and the teacup  -- Havank; title: The puzzle of the broken watch -- Maria Elvira Bermudez.