Sense of Place - CrimeSpace2024-03-28T20:06:39Zhttp://crimespace.ning.com/forum/topics/537324:Topic:14865?commentId=537324%3AComment%3A15038&feed=yes&xn_auth=noI bought the first DVD in the…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-31:537324:Comment:161122007-03-31T01:14:31.245ZKaren from AustCrimehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/austcrimefiction
I bought the first DVD in the series the other day - I just love those adaptations - of course the idea that entire areas of Italy are that deserted is funny - but they are visually spectacular and the guy that plays Montalbano is superbly grumpy isn't he
I bought the first DVD in the series the other day - I just love those adaptations - of course the idea that entire areas of Italy are that deserted is funny - but they are visually spectacular and the guy that plays Montalbano is superbly grumpy isn't he Joe R. Lansdale's books make…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-30:537324:Comment:159392007-03-30T18:00:35.798ZMark Troyhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/metroy
Joe R. Lansdale's books make you feel as if you really know East Texas. However, when you dig deep into how he develops the great sense of place, it turns out that it's not the location so much as his portrayal of the people who live there.
Joe R. Lansdale's books make you feel as if you really know East Texas. However, when you dig deep into how he develops the great sense of place, it turns out that it's not the location so much as his portrayal of the people who live there. I'm suddenly reading a lot of…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-29:537324:Comment:153762007-03-29T21:00:04.422ZBarbara Fisterhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Bfister
I'm suddenly reading a lot of Scandinavian fiction, and Helene Tursten's The Torso is interesting because of its setting - Goteborg and Copenhagen. What's most intriguing to me is the perspective of a Swede on Danes and Denmark - I've made that ferry crossing and honestly didn't see much of a difference, but apparently if you're Danish (or Swedish) the differences are huge.<br />
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Often sense of place is due to description of physical and cultural geography, but it also is a perspective on the…
I'm suddenly reading a lot of Scandinavian fiction, and Helene Tursten's The Torso is interesting because of its setting - Goteborg and Copenhagen. What's most intriguing to me is the perspective of a Swede on Danes and Denmark - I've made that ferry crossing and honestly didn't see much of a difference, but apparently if you're Danish (or Swedish) the differences are huge. <br />
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Often sense of place is due to description of physical and cultural geography, but it also is a perspective on the world. I love seeing a place I don't know through the eyes of someone to whom it is the center of the world and I'm at the periphery. Especially interesting are the things that aren't explained because they're obvious. Except to someone who doesn't live there. <br />
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Arnaldur Indridason is another Scandinavian who does that very well. You don't feel like a tourist in Iceland, but like an Icelander. And suddenly you have an appetite for some of the most peculiar food in the world. John H Mcdonald, the Deep Blu…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-29:537324:Comment:152542007-03-29T18:01:51.578ZLaura Roothttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/mallard
John H Mcdonald, the Deep Blue Goodbye about life in Florida <br />
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Jean Claude Izzo about life in Marseille, the racial tensions and the corruption.
John H Mcdonald, the Deep Blue Goodbye about life in Florida <br />
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Jean Claude Izzo about life in Marseille, the racial tensions and the corruption. Lovely series of books, and l…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-29:537324:Comment:152522007-03-29T18:00:35.944ZLaura Roothttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/mallard
Lovely series of books, and lots of local colour, including the food :). Uriah of Crime Scraps is a completely Camilleri freak. Never seen the TV series - possibly it's only shown in the US.
Lovely series of books, and lots of local colour, including the food :). Uriah of Crime Scraps is a completely Camilleri freak. Never seen the TV series - possibly it's only shown in the US. I read Mr Clarinet this month…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-29:537324:Comment:152502007-03-29T17:59:05.171ZLaura Roothttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/mallard
I read Mr Clarinet this month; I didn't think the PI story was too bad, but the denouement was wholly implausible, and there was too much glorification of vigilante killing. But the setting was great, it really interested me in Haiti. Andrea - don't be daunted by the size, it's a fairly quick read.
I read Mr Clarinet this month; I didn't think the PI story was too bad, but the denouement was wholly implausible, and there was too much glorification of vigilante killing. But the setting was great, it really interested me in Haiti. Andrea - don't be daunted by the size, it's a fairly quick read. Ha. Before I saw this I sugge…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-29:537324:Comment:151172007-03-29T14:24:21.284ZDavid Terrenoirehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/Terrenoire
Ha. Before I saw this I suggested to Regina Harvey that she add her most recent post about place, in her case Baltimore, over at the Good Girls Kill for Money blog. <br />
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<a href="http://www.good-girls-kill.com/">http://www.good-girls-kill.com/</a> <br />
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Place. I could discuss this all day. <br />
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Unfortunately, my employer would rather I write about hypertension.
Ha. Before I saw this I suggested to Regina Harvey that she add her most recent post about place, in her case Baltimore, over at the Good Girls Kill for Money blog. <br />
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<a href="http://www.good-girls-kill.com/">http://www.good-girls-kill.com/</a> <br />
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Place. I could discuss this all day. <br />
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Unfortunately, my employer would rather I write about hypertension. Anything by James Lee Burke.…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-29:537324:Comment:151122007-03-29T14:21:54.693ZHarry Hunsickerhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/harryhunsicker
Anything by James Lee Burke. <br />
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I also thought Lehane did a marvelous job of making Boston come alive in the pages of the Kenzie-Gennaro books.
Anything by James Lee Burke. <br />
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I also thought Lehane did a marvelous job of making Boston come alive in the pages of the Kenzie-Gennaro books. Interesting, I just blogged o…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-29:537324:Comment:150832007-03-29T13:47:36.840ZMichael Carrhttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/KingM32
Interesting, I just blogged on this very subject. After a strong plot<br />
and great characters, a sense of place is what I'm most looking for in<br />
a novel.<br />
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I just finished Tourist Season by Carl Hiaasen. He<br />
always does a great job of capturing the feeling of Florida. Some<br />
others that come to mind from my recent reading would be the death row<br />
setting in Stephen King's The Green Mile, or the NYC of The Devil Wears<br />
Prada, as well as Anne Rice's New Orleans in The Witching Hour.<br />
<br />
Yes, I've been reading…
Interesting, I just blogged on this very subject. After a strong plot<br />
and great characters, a sense of place is what I'm most looking for in<br />
a novel.<br />
<br />
I just finished Tourist Season by Carl Hiaasen. He<br />
always does a great job of capturing the feeling of Florida. Some<br />
others that come to mind from my recent reading would be the death row<br />
setting in Stephen King's The Green Mile, or the NYC of The Devil Wears<br />
Prada, as well as Anne Rice's New Orleans in The Witching Hour.<br />
<br />
Yes, I've been reading a lot of backlist stuff lately. I agree with you wholehearted…tag:crimespace.ning.com,2007-03-29:537324:Comment:150382007-03-29T12:15:14.298ZDonna Moorehttp://crimespace.ning.com/profile/DonnaMoore
I agree with you wholeheartedly about Simon Levack Karen. I've only read his first one but got a very strong sense of place. In one of William Kent Krueger's books the sense of place (and weather) was so strong that it made me chilly in the middle of summer. Arnaldur Indridason's Reykjavik is a great place - not one I'd like to go to, but wonderfully written! Paul Johnston's Edinburgh in the 2020s in his Quint Dalrymple series is very cleverly done and is totally believable. Joe Lansdale's…
I agree with you wholeheartedly about Simon Levack Karen. I've only read his first one but got a very strong sense of place. In one of William Kent Krueger's books the sense of place (and weather) was so strong that it made me chilly in the middle of summer. Arnaldur Indridason's Reykjavik is a great place - not one I'd like to go to, but wonderfully written! Paul Johnston's Edinburgh in the 2020s in his Quint Dalrymple series is very cleverly done and is totally believable. Joe Lansdale's standalones - especially the historical ones - are really evocative, as are the locations in Daniel Woodrell's books.