Patrick Modiano

This level-headed survey of the writer will serve as a very approachable introduction for students, as a stimulus to teachers of modern literature to explore Modiano further and as a starting-point for the more detailed explorations of this fascinating body of writing which will surely be undertaken before long.

Vorwort
The only available English-language guide to the life and early works of 2014 Nobel Laureate Patrick Modiano.

Autorentext
Alan Morris Senior Lecturer in French,University of Strathclyde

Klappentext
Winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature as well as some of France's most prestigious literary prizes, Patrick Modiano is considered one of the most fascinating French novelists alive today. This is the first English literary study of this best-selling French author, whose works are found increasingly in translation throughout the world and who is attracting considerable critical attention outside France. In this lucid study, Alan Morris explores Modiano's fifteen major novels. He also traces Modiano's development as a writer and the tragedies which have influenced his works: the death of his younger brother, the neglect of his father and the horrors of the German occupation. Morris delves into Modiano's themes of time, memory, identity and the past, clearly demonstrating this intriguing writer's key place in French writing today.

Zusammenfassung
This volume focuses on developments within national literature and in movements cutting across frontiers through the study of Patrick Modiano.

Inhalt
The birth of a novelist; a novelist's occupation: "La Place de l'Etoile", "La Ronde de nuit" and "Les Boulevards de ceinture"; "Plus ca change..." - "Villa Triste", "Livret de famille" and "Rue des Boutiques Obscures"; making a break - "Une jeunesse" and "De si braves garcons"; tales of crime and mystery - "Quartier perdu" and "Dimanches d'aout"; childhood to the fore - "Remise de peine" and "Vestiarire de l'enfance"; towards a final exorcism - "Vogage de noces", "Fleurs de ruine" and "Un cirque passe".

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