Summary
A writer discovers a set of notes in his notebook and sets off on a journey through the Paris of his past, in search of the woman he loved forty years previously.
Set in the Montparnasse district of Paris, the author, Jean, retraces his nocturnal footsteps around the left bank during France’s period of decolonisation during the 1960’s. He tries to remember what brought him into contact with a gang that frequented the hotel Unic in the area.
His quest through seedy cafes and ch…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857054883 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0857054880 |
| Author: | Patrick Modiano, Mark Polizzotti |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 14 March 2017 |
| Weight: | 118g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 131mm x 12mm |
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Never before has Modiano produced a novel as lyrical as this … the Baroque excess and violence of his earlier works has given way to a more pared-down, modest style that is both intricately wrought and magnificently fluid, sustained by pure poetry - Le Monde
1960’s Paris, a mysterious girl, a group of shady characters, danger … Modiano’s folklore is set out from the beginning of The Black Notebook. And sheer magic follows once more - VogueOne can open this novel at any page, as if flicking through a collection of prose poems … the smallest passage is enough to transport its reader. A rare, undefinable pleasure - Quinzaine LitteraireModiano takes up his struggle with memory again, resuscitating people and places in one magnificent, impressionistic, tracking shot - ExpressModiano’s characters are deliberately elusive, his settings, by contrast, scrupulously and atmospherically drawn - Financial TimesAbout The Author
Patrick Modiano
Patrick Modiano was born in Paris, France in 1945. He was the recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature. He previously won the 2012 Austrian State Prize for European Literature, the 2010 Prix mondial Cino Del Duca from the Institut de France for lifetime achievement, the 1978 Prix Goncourt for Rue des boutiques obscures, and the 1972 Grand Prix du roman de l’Academie française for Les Boulevards de ceinture.
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