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After the circus / a novel by Patrick Modiano ; translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti.
Van Pelt Library PQ2673.O3 C5713 2015
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Modiano, Patrick, 1945- author.
- Series:
- Margellos world republic of letters book
- Standardized Title:
- Cirque passe. English
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Man-woman relationships--Fiction.
- Man-woman relationships.
- French fiction--20th century.
- French fiction.
- Paris (France)--Fiction.
- Paris (France).
- Genre:
- Fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 197 pages ; 20 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 2015.
- Summary:
- One of the hallmarks of French author Patrick Modiano's writing is a singular ability to revisit particular motifs and episodes, infusing each telling with new detail and emotional nuance. In this evocative novel the internationally acclaimed author takes up one of his most compelling themes: a love affair with a woman who disappears, and a narrator grappling with the mystery of a relationship stopped short. Set in mid-sixties Paris, After the Circus traces the relationship between the narrator, a young man not quite of legal age, and the slightly older, enigmatic woman he first glimpses at a police interrogation. The two lovers make their uncertain way into each other's hearts, but the narrator soon finds himself in the unsettling, ominous presence of others. Who are these people? Are they real, or simply evoked? Part romance, part detective story, this mesmerizing book fully demonstrates Modiano's signature use of atmosphere and suggestion as he investigates the perils and the exhilaration of young love.
- Notes:
- Originally published 1992.
- ISBN:
- 9780300215892
- 0300215894
- OCLC:
- 907206493
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