Sundays in August / Patrick Modiano ; translated from the French by Damion Searls.
Author/creator |
Modiano, Patrick, 1945- author. |
Other author/creator | Searls, Damion translator. |
Format | Book and Print |
Publication Info | New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017] |
Copyright Notice | ©2017 |
Description | 152 pages ; 20 cm. |
Subject(s) |
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Uniform title | Dimanches d'août. English |
Series | Margellos world republic of letters book Margellos world republic of letters book. ^A1054502 |
Abstract | Stolen jewels, black markets, hired guns, crossed lovers, unregistered addresses, people gone missing, shadowy figures disappearing in crowds, newspaper stories uncomfortably close and getting closer . . . this ominous novel is Patrick Modiano's most noirish work to date. Set in Nice--a departure from the author's more familiar Paris--this novel evokes the bright sun and dark shadow of the Riviera. Modiano's trademark ability to create a haunting atmosphere is here on full display: readers descend precipitously into a world of mystery, uneasiness, inevitability. A young couple in hiding keeps close watch over a notorious diamond necklace known as the Southern Cross. Its provenance is murky, its whereabouts known only to our hero and heroine, who find themselves trapped by its potential value--and its ultimate cost. Deftly Modiano reaches further and further into the past, revealing the secret histories of the two even as the pressurized present threatens to overwhelm them. |
General note | Originally published as Dimanches d'août, © Editions Gallimard, Paris, 1986. |
Awards note | Nobel Prize in Literature, 2014 |
Genre/form | Noir fiction. |
Genre/form | Thrillers (Fiction) |
Genre/form | Noir fiction. |
Genre/form | Suspense fiction. |
ISBN | 9780300223330 (paperback) |
ISBN | 0300223331 (paperback) |
Available Items
Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
Joyner | General Stacks | PQ2673.O3 D513 2017 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |