The Hand

Resumen del libro

A new translation of George Simenon's taut, devastating psychological novel set in American suburbia. The inspiration for the new play by award-winning playwright David Hare. 'I had begun, God knows why, tearing a corner off of everyday truth, begun seeing myself in another kind of mirror, and now the whole of the old, more or less comfortable truth was falling to pieces' Confident and successful, New York advertising executive Ray Sanders takes what he wants from life.

When he goes missing in a snow storm in Connecticut one evening, his closest friend begins to reassess his loyalties, gambling Ray's fate and his own future. 'The romans durs are extraordinary: tough, bleak, offhandedly violent, suffused with guilt and bitterness, redolent of place ...utterly unsentimental, frightening in the pitilessness of their gaze, yet wonderfully entertaining' John Banville 'One of the greatest writers of the twentieth century ...Simenon was unequalled at making us look inside, though the ability was masked by his brilliance at absorbing us obsessively in his stories' Guardian 'A supreme writer ...unforgettable vividness' Independen

Biografía del autor

x{0026}lt;P Nacido en 1903 en Lieja (Bélgica), x{0026}lt;B Georges Simenonx{0026}lt;/B se curtió como reportero de prensa y como autor de novelas populares escritas con pseudónimo. En 1931 publicó, por primera vez con su propio nombre, x{0026}lt;I Pietr, el Letónx{0026}lt;/I , una novela que presentaba al imperturbable comisario de policía parisino Jules Maigret, personaje que retomó en novelas y relatos a lo largo de las cuatro décadas siguientes, mientras su obra más amplia iba forjando su reputación como uno de los escritores fundamentales del siglo. Viajero intrépido, con un profundo interés en la gente, Simenon se esforzó en su escritura y en su vida por comprender -sin juzgar- la condición humana en todos sus matices. Sus libros figuran entre los más leídos del canon mundial.x{0026}lt;/P