Some people might like Donna Leon and I'm sure she has an army of fans but I found the prose stilted and dull, the plot cadaverous and the book stuffed with cliches and dull stereotypes about Italian life and culture. His travels around the city give an interesting and occasionally claustrophobic feeling to the place. Well, I've now entered the world of Commissario Guido Brunetti, of the police force of Venice. Buscar librerías a tu alrededor. I now have a lot of Donna Leon's work on my Kindle and look forward to many an enjoyable evening curled up with her and Guido Brunetti. . There are plenty of clues, plenty of potential murderers and a lot of backst. Let me start by saying that I love Venice and all things Venetian. There is little violent crime in Venice, a serenely beautiful floating city of mystery and magic, history and decay. When she finished the book she stashed it away and forgot about it until submitting it for the Suntory prize in Japan. Read the opening of Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon. The setting of Venice and Italy is interesting; you feel like you are walking along the canals of the city. (Originally published in 1992). Signorina Elletra, the Vice Questore's secretary is my favourite character, a strong, independent woman who is able to infiltrate the corners of bureaucracy to get vital information for Brunetti. July 27th 2004 I had to return the ebook to the library so I can't flip through and find it. [I missed the part when Brunetti finds out that the antibiotic causes hearing loss. It is fairly obvious that it was death by poisoning, but who had access to get the poison into the conductors cup of coffee?? this low-key and humane Venice-set detective yarn surprised me. Donna Leon has written four previous Guido Brunetti novels, Death and Judgment, Dressed for Death, Death in a Strange Country, and Death at La Fenice, which won the Suntory Prize for the best suspense novel of 1991. But that is little comfort to Maestro Helmut Wellauer, a world-renowned conductor whose intermission refreshment comes one night with a little something extra in it-cyanide. Leon, Donna. A world-famous German opera conductor has died at La Fenice, and Commissario (Detective) Guido Brunetti pursues what appears to be a murder investigation without leads. I chose this book, the first in the Commissario Brunetti mystery series, because the setting is Venice, and my family and I will be briefly visiting there soon. Then, both my kid's school principal and my mother recommended I read it for the same reason. Brunetti is assigned to investigate the murder. Started this book during our isolation & requirement to stay at home due to the Covid 19 pandemic. Oh we see a doctor here and there, two incompetent police detectives who barely appear in any more than 10 pages, a typical Italian police commissioner, and some flavor for Guido Brunetti's home and family life. "Interview: Donna Leon Talks About Corruption and Death in Venice", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Death_at_La_Fenice&oldid=966713239, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 8 July 2020, at 18:52. Death at La Fenice电子书下载,提供mobi epub pdf txt azw3等多版本高清下载,Death at La Feniceat LA Fenice,在线阅读本书 Book Description Beautiful and serene Venice … Refresh and try again. Welcome back. We all have our reading bucket lists. The ratings were high on Goodreads and Lj, an avid police procedural reader I follow, rated a number of books in the series quite highly. The first in this long-running series and Brunetti emerges fully-formed from the start with his humane efficiency, and his charming family. Morte a Venezia (original title) GP | 2h 10min | Drama, Romance | 1 June 1971 (USA) 3:50 | Trailer. The setting of Venice and Italy is interesting; you feel like you are walking along the canals of the city. During intermission at the famed La Fenice opera house in Venice, Italy, a notoriously difficult and widely disliked German conductor is poisoned—and suspects abound. That being said it was still an enjoyable read but I’m unsure if I’ll read another. DEATH AT LA FENICE From the Commissario Guido Brunetti series , Vol. Was it when he talked to one of the doctors? Signorina Elletra, the Vice Questore's secretary is my favourite character, a strong, independent woman who is able to infiltrate the corners of bureaucracy to get vital information for Brunetti. I have read @ ten of Donna Leon's books and this review reflects my opinion of most of them. I am currently reading this for a mystery book club. About the Author. If you’re looking for the type of mystery that you can’t put down, this isn’t it. I just finished another mystery for another book club ("Frog Music") I like to gravitate towards literary fiction and it is a good question whether a mystery has content worthy of discussion or even reading beyond just a temporary excitement and escape. Donna Leon is one of my favourite mystery writers. I gave it two stars rather than one because I found myself warming slightly to Commissario Guido Brunetti and because the plot became marginally more interesting in the second half. The twisted maze of Venice's canals has always been shrouded in mystery. Death at La Fenice chronicles Commissario Guido Brunetti's investigation of the death by cyanide poisoning of renowned German conductor Maestro Helmut Wellauer in the middle of a performance of La Traviata at the Venice opera house, La Fenice. It is fairly obvious that it was death by poisoning, but who had access to get the poison into the conductors cup of coffee?? For Guido Brunetti, vice-commissario of police and… I correctly identified who it was very early on. I chose this book, the first in the Commissario Brunetti mystery series, because the setting is Venice, and my family and I will be briefly visiting there soon. Además, puede comprar una edición impresa de DEATH AT LA FENICE por solo EUR 9.97. A famous, but not particularly likeable conductor is found dead in his dressing room at the La Fenice. On 29 January 1996, La Fenice was completely destroyed by fire. Donna Leon does a wonderful job describing the city. When legendary German conductor Helmut Wellauer is found dead in his dressing room two acts into a performance of La Traviata , police commissario Guido Brunetti is called in. Even the celebrated opera house, La Fenice, has seen its share of death. It makes the reader is easy to know the meaning of the contentof this book. So the fact that this book takes place in Venice gave it at least one redeeming quality. But nothing so horrific and violent as that of world-famous conductor, Maestro Helmut Wellauer - poisoned during a performance of La Traviata. The twisted maze of Venice's canals has always been shrouded in mystery. If you’re looking for the type of mystery that you can’t put down, this isn’t it. Even the celebrated opera house, La Fenice, has seen its share of death...but none so horrific and violent as that of world-famous … Death at La Fenice (1992), the first novel by American academic and crime-writer Donna Leon, is the first of the internationally best-selling Commissario Brunetti mystery series, set in Venice, Italy. Commissario Guido Brunetti makes his debut in this wonderful mystery set in Venice. I finally, finally read this after legions of readers said Donna Leon was perfect for Louise Penny fans who were all caught up with Inspector Gamache. Death at La Fenice A Commissario Guido Brunetti Mystery (Book) : Leon, Donna : Available in paperback for the first time, the first book in the internationally bestselling Guido Brunetti detective series in which a high society murder leads the detective … This article about a crime novel of the 1990s is a stub. An intriguing kind of plot, but the processes of his mind never intrigued me. I really enjoyed Book 1 of the Brunetti mystery series. Death at La Fenice by Donna Leon, 1992, HarperCollins Publishers edition, in English - 1st ed. She set up a great plot and had intruiging characters, but then did nothing with them. So the fact that this book takes place in Venice gave it at least one redeeming quality. She felt that the theme of guilt was handled better by Patricia Highsmith (Strangers) than Dostoevsky (Crime and Punishment). Somewhat to her consternation, it won and she was offered a two-book contract by Harper Collins. I love reading anything that has to do with Venice. I decided to read this because it is on a BBC Book Club list. I decided to read this because it is on a BBC Book Club list. To see what your friends thought of this book. Reading a mystery. With my years of French I automatically go with "Fe-nees", but I suspect the correct pronunciation might be "Fen-nee-che". She wrote Death at la Fenice as a joke. But the evil that does occasionally rear its head is the jurisdiction of Guido Brunetti, the suave, urbane vice-commissario of police and a genius at detection. I liked Brunetti and his family, in fact those scenes were among my favorites. Reading this book reminded me why I can't usually find in genre fiction what satisfies me in a novel. A number of years ago I bought a book by Donna Leon in Dutch. A great character in Commisario Brunetti who comes alive in front of one’s eyes. I wanted to start a new police procedural series and after doing some research decided to begin the Commissario Brunetti series by Donna Leon. I read this because it's set in Venice, a city I've only been to on a dull rainy day in winter, but one I enjoyed visiting very much. I recently stopped reading a detective Chen mystery (A case of Two Cities by Qui Xiaolong) after about 30 pages because from time to time blossomed in my path a simile resembling one of those giant Indonesian flowers that look and smel. I will be reading more. The plot is the process of the detective solving the crime, a process of discovery, like Lambert Strether's discovery of what is going on with Chad Newsome in James’ The Ambassadors, or the process of discovery so popular in family secrete novels these days. Commissario Brunetti, in his first outing, must dig deep into the man's past to find out who could possibly have wanted to do such a thing. Start by marking “Death at La Fenice (Commissario Brunetti, #1)” as Want to Read: Error rating book. And I suspected all along who dunnit. We’d love your help. This was an enjoyable beginning with a nice introduction to Brunetti's family, his investigation techniques, many fellow officers, and assorted Venetians of all stripes. I recently stopped reading a detective Chen mystery (A case of Two Cities by Qui Xiaolong) after about 30 pages because from time to time blossomed in my path a simile resembling one of those giant Indonesian flowers that look and smell like rotting flesh to attract flies. This is a so-so murder mystery. I felt the book moved effortlessly, that the characters were believable and that the solution to the crime was very interesting, even though I had sort of figured it out before Brunetti. The cadence of his speech announced that he was Venetian. But nothing so horrific and violent as that of world-famous conductor, Maestro Helmut Wellauer - poisoned during a performance of La Traviata. Being Italian I enjoy detective novels set in Italy. It didn'tmake me want to go to Venice. During intermission at the famed La Fenice opera house in Venice, Italy, a notoriously difficult and widely disliked German conductor is poisoned—and suspects abound. Death at La Fenice (1992), the first novel by American academic and crime-writer Donna Leon, is the first of the internationally best-selling Commissario Brunetti mystery series, set in Venice, Italy.The novel won the Japanese Suntory prize, and its sequel is Death in a Strange Country (1993). not so much at the solving of the murder mystery (although I was surprised), but at how it all came together in such an organic way. In 1930, the Venice Biennale initiated the First International Festival of Contemporary Music, which brought such composers as Stravinsky and Britten, and more recently Berio, Nono, and Bussotti, to write for La Fenice. Further suggestions might be found on the article's talk page. A conductor is found dead between acts at the Venetian Opera House, La Fenice, during a performance of La Traviata. Comprar libro completo al MEJOR PRECIO nuevo o segunda mano, leer online la sinopsis o resumen, opiniones, críticas y comentarios. There are plenty of suspects since Wellauer made a lot of enemies on his way to the top. I think this is a pretty good example of genre fiction. Whenever I have to say the title out loud I'm never sure if I'm saying it right and always end up waffling between the two options. He said the sudden hearing loss could have been caused by an infection, diuretics or large doses of antibiotics. It does not flaunt, for example, the deliberately awkward and ugly similes characteristic of noir fiction. The reader can already see evidence of the Donna Leon writing style: the emphasis on family, relationships, Venetian culture and Italian culture. Death in Venice. So what better way to start April but the first in the Brunetti mysteries. 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