Suspended sentences : three novellas / Patrick Modiano ; translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti.

By: Modiano, Patrick, 1945- [author.]Contributor(s): Polizzotti, Mark [translator,, author of introduction, etc..]Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Original language: French Series: Margellos world republic of lettersPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: xiii, 213 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780300198058 (paperback)Uniform titles: Novels. Selections. English. Contained works: Modiano, Patrick, 1945-. Chien de printemps. English | Modiano, Patrick, 1945-. Remise de peine. English | Modiano, Patrick, 1945-. Fleurs de ruine. EnglishSubject(s): Modiano, Patrick, 1945- -- Translations into English | French fiction -- Translations into English | World War, 1939-1945 -- France -- Paris -- Fiction | Paris (France) -- History -- 1940-1944 -- Fiction | France -- History -- German occupation, 1940-1945 -- FictionGenre/Form: Short stories. DDC classification: 843/.914 LOC classification: PQ2673.O3 | A2 2015
Contents:
Afterimage -- Suspended sentences -- Flowers of ruin.
Awards: 2014 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.Summary: 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.
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Originally published in French as: Chien de printemps, (1993); Remise de peine, (1988); and, Fleurs de ruine, (1991).

2014 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Afterimage -- Suspended sentences -- Flowers of ruin.

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.

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