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    Three Bedrooms in Manhattan

    By Georges Simenon and Joyce Carol Oates

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    An actor, recently divorced, at loose ends in New York; a woman, no less lonely, perhaps even more desperate than the man: they meet by chance in an all-night diner and are drawn to each other on the spot. Roaming the city streets, hitting its late-night dives, dropping another coin into yet another jukebox, these two lost souls struggle to understand what it is that has brought them, almost in spite of themselves, together. They are driven—from moment to moment, from bedroom to bedroom—to improvise the most unexpected of love stories, a tale of suspense where risk alone offers salvation.

    Georges Simenon was the most popular and prolific of the twentieth century’s great novelists. Three Bedrooms in Manhattan—closely based on the story of his own meeting with his second wife—is his most passionate and revealing work.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRandom House Publishing Group
    Release dateNov 23, 2011
    ISBN9781590175613
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    Three Bedrooms in Manhattan
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    Georges Simenon

    Georges Simenon, geboren am 13. Februar 1903 im belgischen Liège, ist der »meistgelesene, meistübersetzte, meistverfilmte, mit einem Wort: der erfolgreichste Schriftsteller des 20. Jahrhunderts« (Die Zeit). Seine erstaunliche literarische Produktivität (75 Maigret-Romane, 117 weitere Romane und über 150 Erzählungen), seine Rastlosigkeit und seine Umtriebigkeit bestimmten sein Leben: Um einen Roman zu schreiben, brauchte er selten länger als zehn Tage, er bereiste die halbe Welt, war zweimal verheiratet und unterhielt Verhältnisse mit unzähligen Frauen. 1929 schuf er seine bekannteste Figur, die ihn reich und weltberühmt machte: Kommissar Maigret. Aber Simenon war nicht zufrieden, er sehnte sich nach dem »großen« Roman ohne jedes Verbrechen, der die Leser nur durch psychologische Spannung in seinen Bann ziehen sollte. Seine Romane ohne Maigret erschienen ab 1931. Sie waren zwar weniger erfolgreich als die Krimis mit dem Pfeife rauchenden Kommissar, vergrößerten aber sein literarisches Ansehen. Simenon wurde von Kritiker*innen und Schriftstellerkolleg*innen bewundert und war immer wieder für den Literaturnobelpreis im Gespräch. 1972 brach er bei seinem 193. Roman die Arbeit ab und ließ die Berufsbezeichnung »Schriftsteller« aus seinem Pass streichen. Von Simenons Romanen wurden über 500 Millionen Exemplare verkauft, und sie werden bis heute weltweit gelesen. In seinem Leben wie in seinen Büchern war Simenon immer auf der Suche nach dem, »was bei allen Menschen gleich ist«, was sie in ihrem Innersten ausmacht, und was sich nie ändert. Das macht seine Bücher bis heute so zeitlos.

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