The Day Of The Owl

ISBN-13: 9781847089250 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 272 str.

Leonardo Sciascia

Opis

In the piazza, a man lies dead. No one will say if they witnessed his killing. This presents a challenge to the investigating officer, a man who earnestly believes in the values of a democratic and modern society. Indeed, his enquiries are soon blocked off by a wall of silence and vested interests; he must work against the community to save it and expose the truth.The narrative moves on two levels: that of the investigator, who reveals a chain of savage crimes; and that of the bystanders and watchers, of those complicit with secret power, whose gossipy, furtive conversations have only one end - to stop the truth coming out. This novel about the Mafia is also a mesmerizing demonstration of how that organization sustains itself. It is both a beautifully, tautly written story and a brave act of denunciation.

O autorze

Leonardo Sciascia geboren 1921 in Sizilien und dort 1989 verstorben, war zuerst Volksschullehrer, danach freier Schriftsteller, zeitweilig Parlamentsabgeordneter. Seine bekanntesten Bücher sind die Mafia-Romane 'Der Tag der Eule' und 'Tote auf Bestellung'.