"A talented French writer who draws from the deep dark well of noir."-The Washington Post Chourmo . . . the rowers in a galley. In Marseilles, you weren't just from one neighborhood, one project. You were chourmo. In the same galley, rowing! Trying to get out. Together. In this second installment of Jean-Claude Izzo's legendary Marseilles Trilogy-which includes Total Chaos,Chourmo, and Solea-Fabio Montale has left a police force riddled with corruption, racism, and greed to follow the ancient rhythms of his native town: the sea, fishing, the local bar, hotly contested games of belote. But his cousin's son has gone missing, and Montale is dragged back onto the mean streets of a violent, crime-infested Marseilles.

Chourmo (Marseilles Trilogy)

Literature & Fiction

Jean-Claude Izzo

World Literature

Europa Editions

From one of France's best-known authors comes this evocative meditation on the human comedy. A freighter is impounded in the port of Marseilles when its owners declare bankruptcy. On board, the men are divided: wait for the money owed them—money that might never come—or accept their fate and abandon ship? This may be Captain Abdul Aziz's last commission and he is determined to save his charge and stand by his men. Diamantis, his second-in-command, is in search of a woman he has never stopped loving and who may now be living in Marseilles. In these close quarters charged with physical and emotional tension, each of these marooned sailors' life stories begins to resemble a chapter in the complex, colorful, and tragic story of the Mediterranean Sea itself—rich with romance, legend, passion and drama. The Lost Sailors is a richly textured and bittersweet tribute to Mediterranean life. It is the novel in which Jean Claude-Izzo most completely expresses his vision of human history and how it has been played out on the shores of this sea since the beginnings of time. This is a novel for anyone who loves the sea, for anyone who is attracted to the dark passions it can provoke, for anyone who feels drawn to the rich blend of races, religions and individual stories to be found in port cities the world over. It is, at the same time, a story of the prodigious forces at play in all human destiny.

The Lost Sailors

Literary

Des quartiers nord aux ruelles du Panier, des quais du Vieux Port aux calanques les plus reculées des bords de mer, Fabio Moniale en sait tellement sur Marseille qu'il sent battre en lui les pulsations de la ville. Flic déclassé. fils d'immigrés appréciant les poètes, le jazz, la pêche et les femmes, il est à l'image de cette ville tant aimée. un homme sensible dont le passé parfois douloureux resurgit au fil des enquêtes... Réunir en un seul volume les trois romans qui mettent en scène le personnage de Fabio Montale est l'occasion. pour les Editions Gallimard, de rendre un hommage appuyé à Jean-Claude Izzo qui aura toute sa vie lutté pour être ait plus près de ses rêves. Cette trilogie, véritable prolongement romanesque d'un homme, offre, par sa cohérence, la possibilité de (re)découvrir le très grand talent d'un homme de c?ur et d'engagements.

Trilogie Fabio Montale (Folio Policier) (French Edition)

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

Gallimard]

Solea

Genre Fiction

Solea (Policier)

FERYANE

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