The Margellos World Republic of Letters: Pedigree : A Memoir (Hardcover)

from stillatim

Are you new to Modiano? Because this is tedious in the extreme: a list of names, streets, and very occasional events, which would be of interest had I read most of his other work, but having read only a few novellas before this one, is of very little interest at all. Which is to say: don't start ...

from kidzdoc

This brief memoir by Modiano, the most recent recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, concerns the first 21 years of his life, after he was born to an indifferent Flemish actress and a ne'er-do-well Jewish man in Paris who met during the Occupation. He was the unmarried couple's only survivin...

from SigmundFraud

Pedigree: A Memoir by Patrick Modiano is one of several translations of his works since he won the Nobel Prize for Literature. Pedigree is a terse naming of parts yet somehow it held my interest when you think it shouldn't. Perhaps his terrible youth was compelling. Neglected by both parents over...