In 1988 Patrick Modiano stumbles across an ad in the personal columns of the New Year's Eve 1941 edition of "Paris Soir" "Missing, a young girl, Dora Bruder, age 15, height 1 m 55, oval-shaped face, gray-brown eyes, gray sports jacket, maroon pullover, navy blue skirt and hat, brown gym shoes." Pla[...]

In this essential trilogy of novellas by the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, French author Patrick Modiano reaches back in time, opening the corridors of memory and exploring the mysteries to be encountered there. Each novella in the volume--Afterimage, Suspended Sentences, and Flowers[...]

Patrick Modiano, winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, is the author of more than thirty books and one of France's most admired contemporary novelists. "Out of the Dark" is a moody, expertly rendered tale of a love affair between two drifters.The narrator, writing in 1995, looks back thirty [...]

"A Self-Conscious Art" is the first full-length study in English to attempt to deal with the formal complexities of Modiano's work, by reading "against the grain" of his self-professed ingenuousness. A detailed examination of his narratives shows the deeply postmodern nature of his writing. Parodyin[...]

This charming book will delight any child - or adult - who appreciates ballet, Paris, New York, childhood, and mystery (not necessarily in that order). The book's plot is deceptively simple: Catherine, the eponymous heroine, begins her story watching her own daughter demonstrate jazz steps in their [...]

When Patrick Modiano was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize for LIterature he was praised for using the 'art of memory' to bring to life the Occupation of Paris during the Second World War. The Night Watch is his second novel and tells the story of a young man of limited means, caught between his work for[...]

Winner of 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 critique of this best-selling French author, whose works are found increasingly in translation throughout the world [...]