Simenon, Georges (Vol. 1) - Simenon, Georges 1903–
Simenon, Georges 1903–
A Belgian-born French novelist, Simenon has written nearly two hundred novels under his own name, and several hundreds more under various pseudonyms. Although he considers his psychological novels to be his major work, he is best known for his inimitable detective stories featuring Inspector Maigret.
At the end of his life André Gide was at work on a study of the fiction of Georges Simenon, whom he had called "perhaps the greatest" of contemporary French novelists….
No matter whether he is a case of superior intelligence or gifted imbecility, Simenon is a writer of very great power. His power is no doubt greater for those who read him in the original French, but it comes through in translation, too. His books have been both enormously popular and critically admired in English and in most of the languages of Europe. In this country, though, they have been largely ignored. In the last two or three years they have been...
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