TY - BOOK AU - Modiano,Patrick AU - Polizzotti,Mark AU - Modiano,Patrick AU - Modiano,Patrick AU - Modiano,Patrick TI - Suspended sentences: three novellas T2 - Margellos world republic of letters SN - 9780300198058 (paperback) AV - PQ2673.O3 A2 2015 U1 - 843/.914 23 PY - 2014///] CY - New Haven PB - Yale University Press KW - Modiano, Patrick, KW - French fiction KW - Translations into English KW - World War, 1939-1945 KW - France KW - Paris KW - Fiction KW - Paris (France) KW - History KW - 1940-1944 KW - German occupation, 1940-1945 KW - Short stories KW - gsafd N1 - Originally published in French as: Chien de printemps, (1993); Remise de peine, (1988); and, Fleurs de ruine, (1991); Afterimage --; Suspended sentences --; Flowers of ruin N2 - In this essential trilogy of novellas by the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, French author Patrick Modiano reaches back in time, opening the corridors of memory and exploring the mysteries to be encountered there. Each novella in the volume--Afterimage, Suspended Sentences, and Flowers of Ruin-represents a sterling example of the author's originality and appeal, while Mark Polizzotti's superb English-language translations capture not only Modiano's distinctive narrative voice but also the matchless grace and spare beauty of his prose ER -