Favorite detective stories

Greenbottle3

The last two memorable 'dectective' stories yang saya baca ia lah translations ....

1) Smilla's sense of snow oleh peter hoeg ( adanish write)

2) the name of the rose -umberto eco (italian)

here's a short synopsis dari amazon.com

Smilla's sense of snow

In this international bestseller, Peter H鴈g successfully combines the pleasures of literary fiction with those of the thriller. Smilla Jaspersen, half Danish, half Greenlander, attempts to understand the death of a small boy who falls from the roof of her apartment building. Her childhood in Greenland gives her an appreciation for the complex structures of snow, and when she notices that the boy's footprints show he ran to his death, she decides to find out who was chasing him. As she attempts to solve the mystery, she uncovers a series of conspiracies and cover-ups and quickly realizes that she can trust nobody. Her investigation takes her from the streets of Copenhagen to an icebound island off the coast of Greenland. What she finds there has implications far beyond the death of a single child. The unusual setting, gripping plot, and compelling central character add up to one of the most fascinating and literate thrillers of recent years.--


The name of the rose -ini review dari

http://www.mysteryguide.com/bkEcoRose.html


The Name of the Rose is a most unusual publishing success, a first novel by an Italian semiotician that became a worldwide bestseller. Ironically, the theme of the story seems to be that the hunger for knowledge and truth is dangerous, divisive, and ultimately illusory. The horrible events that take place in an isolated Benedictine monastery over the course of seven days serve as a microcosm of the conflicts rocking the late medieval world.
It is the year 1327 when William of Baskerville and his young scribe Adso of Melk (who narrates the story many years later) arrive at the unnamed northern Italian monastery, which contains the greatest library in Christendom. The abbot and his henchmen carefully control access to the collection; only the librarian and his assistant are allowed into the labyrinthine stacks. The ostensible reason is that there are thousands of books by pagan, Jewish, and Arab authors, as well as the records of many heresies. While true Christians must understand error in order to combat it, only the strongest and most mature minds should be exposed to it. Naturally the scribes and scholars, who have come from all across Europe to use the library, long to view its hidden treasures. Strange intrigues develop among the monks, and suddenly turn to murder. A gifted young illuminator is killed; the next morning a second monk is found dead, plunged head-first into a barrel of pigs' blood.

William is an English Franciscan and a student of Roger Bacon. The first faint beginnings of experimental science took place among English Franciscans; William himself demonstrates a deductive ability reminiscent of Sherlock Holmes. Sometimes characters in medieval novels who promote modern ideas are annoying and unrealistic, but William comes from the right background to do such things.

The world around the monastery is not stable; Barbara Tuchman justly called this age "The Calamitous 14th Century". Increasing wealth in the cities is changing the social structure; Dante has written works of high seriousness in the vernacular, threatening the Latin learning of the monasteries. Two other great conflicts appear in the story: first, the Pope and the Holy Roman Emperor are fighting for preeminence; and second, the Pope and the Franciscans are battling over the question of poverty. Should the Church possess earthly riches and play a role in temporal politics; or should it work among the poor and outcast, emulating (as the Franciscans argue) the poverty of Christ? Besides these two intertwined struggles, there are numerous heretical groups attacking the established order of church and society. Some are puritanical and scorn the wealth and pomp of the papacy; others stir up rebellion against the rich and are rumored to be grossly immoral. Members of these sects become bandits and outlaws when they are persecuted. The monastery shelters many men who have been on the losing side of these disputes with the Pope; some are Franciscans, but others have murkier backgrounds.

Obviously, Rose is not an easy or straightforward read; besides the historical background integral to the tale, there are considerable passages in untranslated Latin. However, the persistent reader can learn a lot from this exciting and shocking story, which perfectly blends erudition with entertainment. The medieval historian Norman Cantor put the film version on his list of the ten best movies for visualizing and understanding life in the Middle Ages.

Reviewer: AKB

miss_sherlock

errk.. unfortunately the last detective mystery i read was the Da Vinci code.. hahahahah :lol

it was a bit too Indiana Jones for me, but still enjoyable.

isssh... if i could spend my days reading.. but being young has other, i should say many
distractions to pull me away from my fst love...:bgrin:

miss_sherlock

Originally posted by Hana at 1-11-2005 11:38 PM


haa..ini lagi satu hana suka..
tapi, yg ini..hana baca versi melayu ajer..
versi omputih tak paham sgt..hehehehehe

haa..lagi satu..Enid builton..err..ejaan betul ke tu? rasa mcm salah ajer ...

I pun baca versi Melayu mula2 masa kecik2.. memang best! Pastu bila besar, dah start girly2 sikit,
kurang tomboy sikit (sikit jer) syok ngan Nancy Drew .. forgot all my famous fives and
tiga penyiast.

But i discovered the English version masa sekolah menengah.. so baca balik
rasanya lagi syok english.. cos melayu dia translated so plot dia hilang sikit
but both are good!!! :clap:

seribulan

Originally posted by Hana at 1-11-2005 11:38 PM
haa..lagi satu..Enid builton..err..ejaan betul ke tu? rasa mcm salah ajer ...

Enid Blyton...

:dia:http://www.topmystery.com/detectives.html

nih link untuk FAMOUS DETECTIVES...2 yg atas me favret...
lupa lak pasal Perry Mason...

mbhcsf

Originally posted by miss_sherlock at 1-11-2005 07:53 PM


i knwo that he was inspired by a friend of sir arthur due to his deductive abilities..
so yeah theres definitely some weight there. i have never really read much about him.. interesting!! upda ...

that was what written in his DIARY : KILLED HOLMES,,
but look at thetimeline
well - any correlation between Holmes DIssapearance  - called it as i think you may be familiar with the term kan? THE GREAT HIATUS...1897? - 1894? well would Conan Doyle have any  bahan for ? source for his stories? - what he could have written in The Strands?
kan?
:cak:
blessyou...and also becoz of this great Hiatues  then all types of pastiches parodies were created trying to well at least explain what holmes could have been doing -  remember Sigerson? aha i bet you would....

[ Last edited by mbhcsf at 3-11-2005 12:03 AM ]

mbhcsf

Originally posted by Greenbottle3 at 2-11-2005 12:28 AM
The last two memorable 'dectective' stories yang saya baca ia lah translations ....

1) Smilla's sense of snow oleh peter hoeg ( adanish write)

2) the name of the rose -umberto eco (italian)
...

i thought you ougyt to be keen in reading POes' Dauphin? haha or hehe ( sorry menyakat) Aristhpanes...:cak:

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laksamana_sunan

penyiasat remaja kindaichi, siri salmah, dan dan detective school

yatiedin

i pun suka The Hardy Boys, Nancy Drew, Famous 5 dan yg seagkatan dengan nya lah. Ni jaman skolah2 dulu la. Bila dah skolah besar skit start la Shellock Holmes tapi tak byk buku dia i baca.
The latest Da Vinci Code and Angels & Demons. SUka sgt these two books sampai beli the illustrated version for DVC. The truth in the story tu is very flimsy la tapi jalan crita dia best and very enjoyable.

estrellas

Of coursee its hardy boyss...first mase sekolah rendah, est bace the Malay translation...then comes the secondary school, i read the Englishh...the famous 5,  Nancy Drew, bestttttttt...

a_toy

nak menyampuk....

masa kecik2 aku pun baca enid blyton gak, tp versi bahasa melayu le...
bila dah besar sikit aku baca Agatha Cristy...campur2 versi melayu n english
bila dah pandai sikit, baru aku baca Nancy drew..

kalo Malaysian aku prefer Ramli Awang Murshid...best gak novel dia.
kalo komik...biasa ar Conan, Penyiasat Remaja n Sekolah Detektif Q!!

ha! Hardys Boy aku baru nak stat baca....hehe coz aku ni x pandai sgt bahasa omputih so merangkak-rangkak le.

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RoseJeanS

huhuhu..of course la agatha christie...esp yg hercule poirot series..best giler sangat2nyer..huhuhuh..

tapi kalau yg modern days ni i would highly recommend patricia cornwell..rumours said that novels dia ni banyak inspired CSI kat tv tu. boleh addicted gitu..:love:

Blues_guy

Cuba baca The Onion Fields oleh Joseph Wambaugh, ataupun lain-lain buku dari dia. Good detective stories...

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darlingangel

:setuju: sama... banyak sangat series dia.. ada until now

dewi

kena buat koleksi gak ler ni nancy drew mystry ngan famous five. adeh byk nyer buku nak beli lagi ni

dewi

Originally posted by mbhcsf at 1-11-2005 04:04 PM
as usual my ejaan is always been the probbiasalah...ada org cakap i dyslexic

heheheh :love: kita serupa ..

dewi pun selalu jadi gitu .. taip pun selalu tunggang langgang bukan tak reti eja tapi jari ni tak ikut arahan sequence ejaan.

btw org dyslexic mmg poor in sequencing. even my doter pun dyslexic gak ( dia ni mmg dah diproper diagnose kan oleh doc pakar) org kata its a genetic keturunan nyer disability, tul lah tu agaknya. but still it does not hamper both of us to be avid readers

darlingangel

so far dah collect set apa yang complete? kita ada yang tak complete

dewi

so far yg complete...

malory towers
mr twiddle
amelia jane
mysteries collection
family collection

st clair ... dlm proses nak complete

darlingangel

alrfed hitchcok tak collect eh.. kita ada malay je

dewi

kalau boleh nak collect selagi ada buku yg boleh di beli .. ekekekek

tapi tak mampu lagi. those books dewi collect sebab seswai untuk pembacaan anak2 dewi. mmg dewi tak byk buku2 melayu yg ada siri penyiasatan karangan Othman Putih . then Sirah Nabi. Koleksi cerita dongeng . 3 siri ni jer malay yg lain mmg english books . sajer je nak galakkan anak2 membaca n improve eng diorang.