A classic novel from recent Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano, now available to English-language readers in a superb new translation
One of the hallmarks of French author Patrick Modiano's writing is a singular ability to revisit particular motifs and episodes, infusing each telling with new detail and emotional nuance. In this evocative novel the internationally acclaimed author takes up one of his most compelling themes: a love affair with a woman who disappears, and a narrator grappling with the mystery of a relationship stopped short.
Set in mid-sixties...
A classic novel from recent Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano, now available to English-language readers in a superb new translation
"Modiano is an ideal writer to gorge on . . . A moody, delectable noir." -- The New Yorker
"The best kind of mystery, the kind that never stops haunting you." -- Entertainment Weekly
"A work of melancholic beauty . . . Sincere, shattering, magnificent." -- L'Express
In the stillness of his Paris apartment, Jean Daragane has built a life of total solitude. Then a surprising phone call shatters the silence of an unusually hot September, and the threatening voice on the other end of the line leaves Daragane wary but...
"Modiano is an ideal writer to gorge on . . . A moody, delectable noir." -- The New Yorker
Ein Paris-Roman voller Spannung, Sehnsucht und Geheimnis. "Der perfekte Einstieg in das Werk des Literaturnobelpreisträgers." Joseph Hanimann in 'Süddeutsche Zeitung'§
Ein Paris-Roman voller Spannung, Sehnsucht und Geheimnis. "Der perfekte Einstieg in das Werk des Literaturnobelpreisträgers." Joseph Hanimann in 'Sü...
