Donna Leon
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| Original Title: | Quietly in Their Sleep |
| ISBN: | 033034949X (ISBN13: 9780330349499) |
| Edition Language: | English |
| Series: | Commissario Brunetti #6 |
| Setting: | Venice(Italy) |
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3,5 starsCommissario Guido Brunetti’s latest “case” in the 6th book in Commissario Brunetti Series by Donna Leon, starts off with a visit to his office by a young woman, who he doesn’t recognize but seems familiar to him, claiming that she suspects that several patients who had died unexpectedly and odd circumstances in the nursing home she had previously worked at. She thinks that their deaths may be related to their fortunes being left to the home and the church and not their heirs.
Without any proof of a crime being committed, Brunetti tells her that he will try to find out more about the home. But when she’s left in a coma after injured by a hit and run car, he decides to investigate and look closer to her allegations.
What he discovers is something more and worse than he had thought.
This story deals with so many issues. The Catholic church, greed, corruption, Opus Dei, the handling of priests who have been found guilty of sexual abuse of children and cover-ups.
I find the author’s views on the dynamics of religion in Italy really interesting. One of the parts in the story , where Brunetti and Paola are discussing Chiara’s school report results and the low marks she obtained for religion instructions, and her feelings about that subject….
“I raised my hand and asked if God was a spirit. And he said yes, He was. So I asked if it was right that a spirit was different from a person because it didn't have a body, wasn't material. And when he agreed, I asked how, if God was a spirit, He could be a man, if He didn't have a body or anything.” Chiara
And how much value we place on material things. Brunetti and Vianello visit one of the deceased patient’s son and heir, who is more interested in what he owns and has inherited than about his dead mother. And this quote is so true in our society….
““We buy things. We wear them or put them on our walls, or sit on them, but anyone who wants to can take them away from us. Or break them.What makes this series so special are the characters and the sense of place that is Venice.
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Long after he's dead, someone else will own those stupid little boxes, and then someone after him, just as someone owned them before he did. But no one ever thinks of that: objects survive us and go on living. It's stupid to believe we own them. And it's sinful for them to be so important.”
An enjoyable read.
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| Title | : | The Death of Faith (Commissario Brunetti #6) |
| Author | : | Donna Leon |
| Book Format | : | Paperback |
| Book Edition | : | Deluxe Edition |
| Pages | : | Pages: 310 pages |
| Published | : | July 1st 2006 by Pan Books (UK) (first published 1997) |
| Categories | : | Mystery. Cultural. Italy. Fiction. Crime |
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3,5 starsCommissario Guido Brunettis latest case in the 6th book in Commissario Brunetti Series by Donna Leon, starts off with a visit to his office by a young woman, who he doesnt recognize but seems familiar to him, claiming that she suspects that several patients who had died unexpectedly and odd circumstances in the nursing home she had previously worked at. She thinks that their deaths may be related to their fortunes being left to the home and the church and not their heirs.Without anyReligion, just like many other things can be used in a malignant way to justifyPersonal needs. Old people dying in nursing homes staffed by sisters and girl children taught by corrupt priests occasion the efforts of the commissario.
Religion, just like many other things can be used in a malignant way to justifyPersonal needs. Old people dying in nursing homes staffed by sisters and girl children taught by corrupt priests occasion the efforts of the commissario.
3,5 starsCommissario Guido Brunettis latest case in the 6th book in Commissario Brunetti Series by Donna Leon, starts off with a visit to his office by a young woman, who he doesnt recognize but seems familiar to him, claiming that she suspects that several patients who had died unexpectedly and odd circumstances in the nursing home she had previously worked at. She thinks that their deaths may be related to their fortunes being left to the home and the church and not their heirs.Without any
This is a very good mystery but what I liked the most about it is the depiction of Commissario Brunetti's family. Their affection for each other is apparent and Brunnetti and his wife have a great relationship. The descriptions of meals prepared and eaten made me hungry! I also appreciated the esprit de corps among some of the men at his police station. So a good mystery and a heart warming look at family life and friends - thats a winner in my book!
Like Donna Leon's many other mysteries involving police Commissario Guido Brunetti, Quietly in Their Sleep has both a specific crime and a larger problem in society. A young woman who has left her religious order after 12 years as a nun comes to Brunetti with her suspicions that wealthy, elderly patients in the nursing home where she worked were coerced to leave money to the home, to the order, or to the Catholic church. As Brunetti investigates, he learns about various forms of corruption
Each of Donna Leon's books, it seems, has a central theme that also is an area of personal concern harbored by the author. In this book, the concern--the problem--is Opus Dei and the secretive organization's corruption of the Vatican and of the Italian government. The mystery includes a reasonably fair description of Opus Dei and a mildly complex mystery that at times veer off just enough to keep the reader guessing. It was a very good reading experience.I would suggest to anyone setting off to
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