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17:01 Jul 19, 2005 |
German to English translations [PRO] Art/Literary - Poetry & Literature | |||||||
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| Selected response from: silfilla Local time: 04:14 | ||||||
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3 +4 | thriller set in the XX scene |
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3 +2 | noir |
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3 | hip whodunit |
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hip whodunit Explanation: perhaps -- absent any information on the particular scene art/film/theater scene the novel describes :-) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 5 mins (2005-07-19 17:06:49 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- or: [hip] whodunit situated in xxx milieu -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 57 mins (2005-07-19 17:58:50 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- also: *set* for \"situated\" |
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noir Explanation: "Szene-Krimi" seems to be a genre all of its own - I've come across them before - I think "noir" might be the best label. I've taken these quotes from the back of "Last Tango in Aberystwyth": "this marvellously surreal Welsh noir series", "The twisted world of noir" See also: "... auch wenn wir als Leser nie recht wissen, wo wir uns gerade befinden: in einem Szenekrimi, einer Liebesgeschichte oder einer Persiflage auf beides. ..." "Nicht nur eine Hommage an die schlechten Edgar-Wallace-Filme der 60er, sondern ein bissiger Szene-Krimi. Jahn schreckt nicht davor zurück, sein eigenes Nest ..." "Szene-Krimi im bayrischen Malocher-Milieu ... lebt von schnoddrigen Dialogen, schrägen Situationsbeschreibungen und Anspielungen auf aktuelle ..." Reference: http://www.krimi-forum.net/Datenbank/Titel/t001486.phtml Reference: http://www.roger-m-fiedler.de/presse.html |
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48 mins confidence: peer agreement (net): +4
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