In the Café of Lost Youth
$28.01
- Paperback
160 pages
- Release Date
13 March 2017
Summary
The Elusive Louki: A Portrait of Lost Youth in Paris
Four voices intertwine to paint a mesmerizing portrait of Jacqueline Delanque, known as Louki: a student, a detective, and two lovers, each offering their fragmented perspective.
Born into poverty in Montmartre, the daughter of a Moulin Rouge dancer, Louki’s escape from her background is thwarted. She finds herself drawn to the Café Condé, becoming a fixture among its aimless regulars.
A brief marriage to a real es…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780857055286 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0857055283 |
| Author: | Patrick Modiano, Euan Cameron |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | MacLehose Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 160 |
| Release Date: | 13 March 2017 |
| Weight: | 121g |
| Dimensions: | 199mm x 131mm x 13mm |
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Those familiar with Modiano will recognise his themes, his settings, his characters. Yet there is never any repetition, or sense of d
Those familiar with Modiano will recognise his themes, his settings, his characters. Yet there is never any repetition, or sense of deja vu. Rather the sentiment that nothing is mere chance. - Quinzaine Litteraire
Some novels, the more precious and necessary, render their readers more vulnerable, disarmed and fragile. And such is the case with this deeply moving portrait of a woman so familiar, and yet so lost, drawn by Modiano at the exact border between shadow and light. - Le MondeAs beautiful as a tragic song… - Nouvel ObservateurPatrick Modiano is certainly the greatest contemporary French novelist. A magnetic novel, set in a magical Paris … A new precious stone. - LireAbout The Author
Patrick Modiano
Patrick Modiano was born in Paris, France in 1945. He was the recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature. He previously won the 2012 Austrian State Prize for European Literature, the 2010 Prix mondial Cino Del Duca from the Institut de France for lifetime achievement, the 1978 Prix Goncourt for Rue des boutiques obscures, and the 1972 Grand Prix du roman de l’Academie fran aise for Les Boulevards de ceinture.
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