The Margellos World Republic of Letters: After the Circus : A Novel (Paperback)

from Hagelstein

An 18 year old meets an older girl after they've both been questioned by the police about a matter never really revealed. He's an innocent soul, she not as much. They're both adrift, loosely connected to their families and their home – Paris. They're planning to escape to Rome - where he has been...

from BarbaraUrban

I won this book from Goodreads in exchange for an honest review...thank you! This is the first book I have read by Patrick Modiano and I enjoyed it very much. The story was easy to get involved in so I was eager to keep turning the pages. There is mystery and romance set in Paris in the 1960's wi...

from RandyMetcalfe

A young man, Jean, on the cusp between adolescence and adulthood begins a tentative but amorous liaison with a slightly older but possibly far more experienced woman, Gisèle. Jean is an orphan, for all intents and purposes, his father having absconded and his mother uncertainly located in the sou...

from vladmihaisima

Atmospheric and mysterious book about a young man in Paris and his love story with a stranger. The story is sparse, with few actual details completely explained, being more about a journey within Paris (street name and neighborhoods are described in detail) and within the feelings of the main cha...

from steller0707

Nobel Prize-winning author, Patrick Modiano, has not written "a mystery" but, instead "about mystery." Although the text is spare, it appears to shimmers with meaning that is just out of reach. It is a story about coming-of-age, but more important, explores love, trust and memory. A lovely story.