In the Cafe of Lost Youth by Patrick Modiano
The elegant, haunting story of the forgotten people and places of Paris from the reigning Nobel Laureate.
Those familiar with Modiano will recognise his themes, his settings, his charactersYet there is never any repetition, or sense of déjà vu. Rather the sentiment that nothing is mere chance. -- Norbert Czarney * Quinzaine Littéraire *
Some novels, the more precious and necessary, render their readers more vulnerable, disarmed and fragile. And such is the case with this deeply moving portrait of a woman so familiar, and yet so lost, drawn by Modiano at the exact border between shadow and light. -- Patrick Kéchichian * Le Monde *
As beautiful as a tragic song... -- Jérome Garcin * Nouvel Observateur *
Those familiar with Modiano will recognise his themes, his settings, his characters. Yet there is never any repetition, or sense of déjà vu. Rather the sentiment that nothing is mere chance. * Quinzaine Littéraire *
Patrick Modiano is certainly the greatest contemporary French novelist. A magnetic novel, set in a magical Paris ... A new precious stone. * Lire *
Some novels, the more precious and necessary, render their readers more vulnerable, disarmed and fragile. And such is the case with this deeply moving portrait of a woman so familiar, and yet so lost, drawn by Modiano at the exact border between shadow and light. * Le Monde *
As beautiful as a tragic song... * Nouvel Observateur *
Some novels, the more precious and necessary, render their readers more vulnerable, disarmed and fragile. And such is the case with this deeply moving portrait of a woman so familiar, and yet so lost, drawn by Modiano at the exact border between shadow and light. -- Patrick Kéchichian * Le Monde *
As beautiful as a tragic song... -- Jérome Garcin * Nouvel Observateur *
Those familiar with Modiano will recognise his themes, his settings, his characters. Yet there is never any repetition, or sense of déjà vu. Rather the sentiment that nothing is mere chance. * Quinzaine Littéraire *
Patrick Modiano is certainly the greatest contemporary French novelist. A magnetic novel, set in a magical Paris ... A new precious stone. * Lire *
Some novels, the more precious and necessary, render their readers more vulnerable, disarmed and fragile. And such is the case with this deeply moving portrait of a woman so familiar, and yet so lost, drawn by Modiano at the exact border between shadow and light. * Le Monde *
As beautiful as a tragic song... * Nouvel Observateur *
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'Académie française for Les Boulevards de ceinture.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780857055262 |
| ISBN 10 | 0857055267 |
| Title | In the Cafe of Lost Youth |
| Author | Patrick Modiano |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Quercus Publishing |
| Year published | 2016-01-07 |
| Number of pages | 160 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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