Suspended Sentences
Three Novellas
New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2014]
Format: Book
Description: 213 pages ; 20 cm.
"Elegant. Unpretentious. Approachable. . . . He is, all in all, quite an endearing Nobelist."--Michael Dirda, Washington Post
"Modiano is a pure original."--Adam Thirlwell, The Guardian
"A fine introduction to Modiano's later work."-- The Economist
"These novellas have a mood. They cast a spell."--Dwight Garner, New York Times
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 of Ruin --represents a sterling example of the author's originality and appeal, while Mark Polizzotti's superb English-language translations capture not only Modiano's distinctive narrative voice but also the matchless grace and spare beauty of his prose.
Although originally published separately, Modiano's three novellas form a single, compelling whole, haunted by the same gauzy sense of place and characters. Modiano draws on his own experiences, blended with the real or invented stories of others, to present a dreamlike autobiography that is also the biography of a place. Orphaned children, mysterious parents, forgotten friends, enigmatic strangers--each appears in this three-part love song to a Paris that no longer exists.
Shadowed by the dark period of the Nazi Occupation, these novellas reveal Modiano's fascination with the lost, obscure, or mysterious: a young person's confusion over adult behavior; the repercussions of a chance encounter; the search for a missing father; the aftershock of a fatal affair. To read Modiano's trilogy is to enter his world of uncertainties and the almost accidental way in which people find their fates.
"Modiano is a pure original."--Adam Thirlwell, The Guardian
"A fine introduction to Modiano's later work."-- The Economist
"These novellas have a mood. They cast a spell."--Dwight Garner, New York Times
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 of Ruin --represents a sterling example of the author's originality and appeal, while Mark Polizzotti's superb English-language translations capture not only Modiano's distinctive narrative voice but also the matchless grace and spare beauty of his prose.
Although originally published separately, Modiano's three novellas form a single, compelling whole, haunted by the same gauzy sense of place and characters. Modiano draws on his own experiences, blended with the real or invented stories of others, to present a dreamlike autobiography that is also the biography of a place. Orphaned children, mysterious parents, forgotten friends, enigmatic strangers--each appears in this three-part love song to a Paris that no longer exists.
Shadowed by the dark period of the Nazi Occupation, these novellas reveal Modiano's fascination with the lost, obscure, or mysterious: a young person's confusion over adult behavior; the repercussions of a chance encounter; the search for a missing father; the aftershock of a fatal affair. To read Modiano's trilogy is to enter his world of uncertainties and the almost accidental way in which people find their fates.
Series: Margellos world republic of letters book.
Other Authors:
Polizzotti, Mark, translator.
Modiano, Patrick, 1945- Chien de printemps. English.
Modiano, Patrick, 1945- Remise de peine. English.
Modiano, Patrick, 1945- Fleurs de ruine. English.
Polizzotti, Mark, translator.
Modiano, Patrick, 1945- Chien de printemps. English.
Modiano, Patrick, 1945- Remise de peine. English.
Modiano, Patrick, 1945- Fleurs de ruine. English.
Contents:
Afterimage -- Suspended sentences -- Flowers of ruin.
ISBN:
9780300198058
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
F Modiano | Main (Downtown) | Second Level, Fiction | In |
Originally published in French as: Chien de printemps, (1993); Remise de peine, (1988); and, Fleurs de ruine, (1991).