Paris Nocturne (The Margellos World Republic of Letters)
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| Rating | : | 4.57 (721 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300215886 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 160 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-04-03 |
| Language | : | English |
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A fascinating book Israel Drazin Patrick Modiano won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2014 and deserved it. Since that time many of his books have been published by Yale University Press. He certainly deserved the award. I think that what makes his usually very short novels great is that they are filled with ambiguities and obscurities. When a novel is not altogether clear, readers need to int. Paris Nocturne Quite a surreal experience reading this novel. A car accident on a Parisian street draws you into the narrator's world of elusive will-o-the-wisp memories which may or may not be reliable. The atmosphere is dreamlike and brooding.I haven't read the author before but I thoroughly enjoyed this. Loved the setting, a darker more sinister Paris.. "The untrustworthy memory" according to Kelly England. I just finished reading Paris Nocturne, the latest book from Nobel-Prize winning author, Patrick Modiano.Due to its short length, I erroneously anticipated it to be an easy read. It's anything but that. From the blurb on the back, I was expecting a mystery (especially how it said that the reader will "be searching for the crime" itself), so I found myself noting
“A chilling portrait of everyday obsession a sober and satisfying reminder of life’s slipperiness edgy and distilled intriguing and readable.”—Barbara Hoffert, Library Journal (starred review)
It is an envelope stuffed full of bank notes. The mysterious ensuing events, involving a police van, a dose of ether, awakening in a strange hospital, and the disappearance of the woman driver, culminate in a packet being pressed into the boy’s hand. The confusion only deepens as the characters grow increasingly apprehensive; meanwhile, readers are held spellbound. An accident, a vanishing, a memory gap, a strange dream: a classic noir work of fiction by Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano This uneasy, compelling novel begins with a nighttime accident on the streets of Paris. This beautifully rendered translation brings another of his finest works to an eagerly waiting English-language audience. ParisNocturne has been named “a perfect book” by Libération, while L’Express observes, “Paris Nocturne is cloaked in darkness, but it is a novel that is turned toward the light.”. Modiano’s lo