A mesmerizing novel by Nobel Laureate Patrick Modiano, now superbly translated for English-language readers
For long standing admirers of Modiano's luminous writing as well as those readers encountering his work for the first time, "Little Jewel" will be an exciting discovery. Uniquely told by a young female narrator, "Little Jewel" is the story of a young woman adrift in Paris, imprisoned in an imperfectly remembered past. The city itself is a major character in Modiano's work, and timeless moral ambiguities of the post-Occupation years remain hauntingly unresolved.
One day in the corridors of the metro, nineteen-year-old Th r se glimpses a woman in a yellow coat. Could this be the mother who long ago abandoned her? Is she still alive? Desperate for answers to questions that have tormented her since childhood, Th r se pursues the mysterious figure on a quest through the streets of Paris. In classic Modiano style, this book explores the elusive nature of memory, the unyielding power of the past, and the deep human need for identity and connection."
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Winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature, among many other awards, Patrick Modiano is an author of worldwide acclaim. He lives in Paris. Penny Hueston is an editor, translator, and coauthor of a study on Patrick Modiano. She lives in Melbourne, Australia.
“Patrick Modiano has never better expressed the quintessence of his art than in this somnambulistic novel. . . . Flaubert, we know, dreamed of writing a book ex nihilo, one that holds by sheer force of style, responds to the laws of pure rhetoric, can’t be reduced to the author’s life, and is, finally, superior. Little Jewel is Modiano’s Bovary.”—Jérôme Garcin, Le Nouvel Observateur (Jérôme Garcin Le Nouvel Observateur)
“An appealing variation on the typical Modiano novel . . . well and convincingly handled by the author.”—M.A.Orthofer, Complete Review (M.A.Orthofer Complete Review)
“[An] intense and totally seductive novel of identity . . . Without a trace of sentimentality, Modiano creates one of the most revelatory of all his novels, one that shows the possibilities of redemption, even for those who have always been alone.”—Mary Whipple, Seeing the World Through Books (Mary Whipple Seeing the World Through Books)
“A simple story . . . that grows richer with each reading.”—J.P. Smith, The Millions (J.P. Smith The Millions)
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. I'd tell him everything, about my mother, about Jean Borand, about the apartment near the Bois de Boulogne, and about the girl they used to call Little Jewel.The same terrifying panic that came over me in the street and woke me with a start at five in the morning.One day in the corridors of the metro, nineteen-year-old Therese sees a woman in a yellow coat. Could this be her mother? Who called her Little Jewel? But didn't her mother die in Morocco years earlier? She follows the woman, hoping to find answers to questions that have haunted her since childhood. As Therese describes her elusive memories, travelling around Paris, she reveals how every corner of the city recalls the past.Little Jewel is a profound story about memory, childhood, betrayal, and the search for identity and connection. Called the 'Marcel Proust of our time', Modiano writes prose that is limpid, spare and elegant. The 2014 Nobel Prize committee awarded him the prize 'for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the Occupation'.'Little Jewel is Modiano's Madame Bovary.' Jerome Garcin, Le Nouvel Observateur'Modiano is the poet of the Occupation and a spokesman for the disappeared.' Guardian Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781925240115
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