Patrick Modiano
Patrick Modiano is a bestselling novelist and the winner of some of the most prestigious literary awards in France, including the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Mondial Cino Del Duca for lifetime achievement. In 2014 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for "the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation."
Patrick Modiano is a bestselling novelist and the winner of some of the most prestigious literary awards in France, including the Prix Goncourt and the Prix Mondial Cino Del Duca for lifetime achievement. In 2014 he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature for "the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation." See less
Patrick Modiano's Featured Books
Patrick Modiano book reviews
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Missing person
The Beach Man
Until recently, the American genres of noir and detective fiction have enjoyed a higher literary esteem in France than in their native United States. This situation has changed with the publication ... Read More
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Dora Bruder
haunting
by sea7788, Jul 11, 2007
Modiano's book treads the line between fiction and history as he tracks the footsteps of Dora Bruder, a yound Parisian who died in Auschwitz. A reflection on memory and loss. Read More
