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The alchemists
Un «college novel»: l'educazione alla vita, tra un gruppo di falsari, di una giovane americana a Oxford. Una storia di base autobiografica dell'autrice di Aristotele detective.
259 pages, Hardcover
First published January 1, 1980
About the author
Margaret Doody
24 books60 followersAka Margaret Anne Doody
Margaret Anne Doody (born 1939) is a professor of literature at the University of Notre Dame, and helped found the PhD in Literature Program at Notre Dame (http://www.nd.edu/~litprog). She served as its director from 2001-2007. Joseph Buttigieg has since become director.
Although historical detective stories are now a flourishing genre, with Steven Saylor and Lindsey Davis being particularly prominent in the field of detective stories set in classical antiquity, back in 1978, when Aristotle Detective was first published, Doody was something of a pioneer in the genre. Recently she has added four more to the series featuring Aristotle as a 4th Century B.C. detective.There is also a novella, Anello di bronzo (Ring of Bronze), currently available only in Italian.
Doody's "Aristotle" books and are published in Italy by Sellerio editore, which also produced a translation of The Alchemists. In France the mystery novels are published by 10/18. They are also available in Spanish, Portuguese and Greek; individual novels have recently been appeared in Polish and Russian.
Margaret Anne Doody (born 1939) is a professor of literature at the University of Notre Dame, and helped found the PhD in Literature Program at Notre Dame (http://www.nd.edu/~litprog). She served as its director from 2001-2007. Joseph Buttigieg has since become director.
Although historical detective stories are now a flourishing genre, with Steven Saylor and Lindsey Davis being particularly prominent in the field of detective stories set in classical antiquity, back in 1978, when Aristotle Detective was first published, Doody was something of a pioneer in the genre. Recently she has added four more to the series featuring Aristotle as a 4th Century B.C. detective.There is also a novella, Anello di bronzo (Ring of Bronze), currently available only in Italian.
Doody's "Aristotle" books and are published in Italy by Sellerio editore, which also produced a translation of The Alchemists. In France the mystery novels are published by 10/18. They are also available in Spanish, Portuguese and Greek; individual novels have recently been appeared in Polish and Russian.
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October 15, 2025
un libro molto divertente, specialmente l'inseguimento finale. Punto bonus per a scelta del quadro in copertina che adoro
June 25, 2012
Che noia ho provato. I tre protagonisti sono insopportabili, saccenti e per me privi di attrattive. L'ambiente in cui si muovono è pesante, la gente o ingenua o troppo furba. Più volte sul punto di abbandonarlo, ho avuto un sussulto di interesse quando hanno cominciato a uscire gli scheletri dall'armadio, ma giusto per godermi la disfatta dei "furbetti di Oxbridge". La cosiddetta satira di costume citata in quarta di copertina mi sa che se la sono sognata. Nonostante ciò, al primo moralista che si è affacciato all'orizzonte per perseguirli, ecco che ho cominciato a stare (un po') dalla loro parte. Finale scoppiettante, ma che non salva il tutto.
October 13, 2015
...mah, insomma. Con i libri della Doody è sempre così: grandi aspettative mai completamente mantenute. Vale sia per i gialli di Aristotele sia per questo affresco (direi già un po' datato anche quando uscì nel 1980)della Oxford anni '60.
Alla fine però un moto di simpatia per i magliari ce l'hai pure...
Alla fine però un moto di simpatia per i magliari ce l'hai pure...
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