| ISBN |
9786140133280 (paperback) |
| 6140133289 (paperback) |
| Name |
Arnaldur Indriðason, 1961- author. |
| Uniform title |
Skuggasund. Arabic |
| Title in English |
The shadow district. |
| Title |
Ḥay al-ẓilāl : riwāyah = The shadow district / Arnāldūr Indrīdāsūn ; tarjamat, Awlīgh ʻAwkī. |
| Edition |
al-Ṭabʻah al-ūlá. |
| Published |
Bayrūt : al-Dār al-ʻArabīyah lil-ʻUlūm Nāshirūn, 2021. |
| ©2013 |
| Description |
280 pages ; 22 cm |
| Notes |
Translation of: Skuggasund. |
| Summary |
A 90-year-old man is found dead in his bed, smothered with his own pillow. On his desk the police find newspaper cuttings about a murder case dating from the Second World War, when a young woman was found strangled behind Reykjavik's National Theatre. Konrad, a former detective, is bored with retirement and remembers the crime. He grew up in "the shadow district", a rough neighbourhood bordered by the National Theatre and an abattoir. Why would someone be interested in that crime now? He starts his own unofficial enquiry. Alternating between Konrad's investigation and the original police inquiry, we discover that two girls had been attacked in oddly similar circumstances. How are these cases linked across the decades? And who is the old man? |
| Language note |
In Arabic. |
| Subjects |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Iceland -- Fiction |
| Ex-police officers -- Fiction |
| Older men -- Death -- Fiction |
| Murder -- Investigation -- Fiction |
| Cold cases (Criminal investigation) -- Fiction |
| Genre |
Detective and mystery fiction |
| Other Names |
ʻAwkī, Awlīgh translator. |
| Alternate Graphic Representation |
حي الظلال : رواية = The shadow district / أرنالدور أندريداسون ؛ ترجمة، أوليغ عوكي . |
| الطبعة الولى. |
| بيروت : الدار العربية للعلوم ناشرون، 2021. |
| عوكي، أوليغ, |
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