Description
In a Paris shadowed by crime, rumor, and half-buried histories, a couple looks back on the late 1950s and early ’60s—when they were newly arrived and still learning how to belong. As memories surface, they trace the fragile beginnings of their relationship and the quiet, urgent effort to build a life that might someday feel like “youth.” Blending atmosphere with introspection, the novel explores how identity is shaped by displacement, secrecy, and the stories people tell themselves to survive. A crucial early work in Patrick Modiano’s Nobel-winning career, it showcases his signature gift for evoking the past’s elusive texture—where what’s remembered is never quite the same as what happened.
Available Editions
paperback
New York Review Books
Published Jan 1, 2016
156 pages
ISBN: 9781590179550
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First Published
2016
Language
fra
Translation
From: fra
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