Scene of the Crime (First Edition)

Modiano, Patrick

ISBN 10: 030026593X / ISBN 13: 9780300265934

Published by Yale University Press / Margellos, New Haven, 2023

About this Item

New Haven, 2023. First edition. First printing (with full number line including 1). Hardbound. Very Fine in a very fine jacket. A pristine unread copy. Comes with archival-quality mylar jacket protector. Smoke-free. A novel translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti. Fiction, rear.

Seller Inventory # Collections-Modiano

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Scene of the Crime (First Edition)
• Publisher: Yale University Press / Margellos, New Haven
• Publication Date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 030026593X
• ISBN 13: 9780300265934
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: New
• Dust Jacket Condition: New
• Seller catalogs:
  • French Literature

About this title

Synopsis

A haunting novel that probes the enigmas of time and memory, by Nobel Prize–winning author Patrick Modiano
 
“Polizzotti’s crisp and evocative translation keeps the reader hooked.”—Publishers Weekly
 
In his acclaimed semi-autobiographical novella Suspended Sentences, Patrick Modiano recounted a dramatic season in his childhood, of the home he shared with sinister surrogate parents, the mysterious events that took place there, and an infamous heist that was never solved.
 
In Scene of the Crime, Modiano conjures the aftermath of those years. A decade has passed, and Jean Bosmans, now in his early twenties, becomes aware of a set of disturbing coincidences involving an elusive woman, his childhood home, and a host of disquieting characters who seem inordinately interested in his past, for reasons he can’t fathom. As he journeys into the echoes of memory, past and present become increasingly intertwined, forming a web spanning half a century.
 
With the taut suspense of a detective novel, this book slowly peels away layers of time and forgetfulness to reveal the haunting, threatening, ultimately tragic legacies of what we think we know about our lives.

About the Author

Patrick Modiano, winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, was born in Boulogne-Billancourt, France, in 1945, and published his first novel, La Place de l’Etoile, in 1968. His previous books include Invisible Ink, Sleep of Memory, and Family Record. He lives in Paris. Mark Polizzotti has translated more than fifty books from the French. He lives in Brooklyn, NY.