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Romans
«Ces "romans" réunis pour la première fois forment un seul ouvrage et ils sont l'épine dorsale des autres, qui ne figurent pas dans ce volume. Je croyais les avoir écrits de manière discontinue, à coups d'oublis successifs, mais souvent les mêmes visages, les mêmes noms, les mêmes lieux, les mêmes phrases reviennent de l'un à l'autre, comme les motifs d'une tapisserie que l'on aurait tissée dans un demi-sommeil.
Les quelques photos et documents reproduits au début de ce recueil pourraient suggérer que tous ces "romans" sont une sorte d'autobiographie, mais une autobiographie rêvée ou imaginaire. Les photos mêmes de mes parents sont devenues des photos de personnages imaginaires. Seuls mon frère, ma femme et mes filles sont réels.
Et que dire des quelques comparses et fantômes qui apparaissent sur l'album, en noir et blanc? J'utilisais leurs ombres et surtout leurs noms à cause de leur sonorité et ils n'étaient plus pour moi que des notes de musique.»
Patrick Modiano.
Les quelques photos et documents reproduits au début de ce recueil pourraient suggérer que tous ces "romans" sont une sorte d'autobiographie, mais une autobiographie rêvée ou imaginaire. Les photos mêmes de mes parents sont devenues des photos de personnages imaginaires. Seuls mon frère, ma femme et mes filles sont réels.
Et que dire des quelques comparses et fantômes qui apparaissent sur l'album, en noir et blanc? J'utilisais leurs ombres et surtout leurs noms à cause de leur sonorité et ils n'étaient plus pour moi que des notes de musique.»
Patrick Modiano.
1088 pages, Paperback
First published May 7, 2013
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About the author
Patrick Modiano
139 books2,125 followersPatrick Modiano is a French-language author and playwright and winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature.
He is a winner of the 1972 Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française, and the 1978 Prix Goncourt for his novel "Rue des boutiques obscures".
Modiano's parents met in occupied Paris during World War II and began a clandestine relationship. Modiano's childhood took place in a unique atmosphere: with an absent father -- of which he heard troubled stories of dealings with the Vichy regime -- and a Flemish-actress mother who frequently toured. His younger brother's sudden death also greatly influenced his writings.
While he was at Henri-IV lycee, he took geometry lessons from writer Raymond Queneau, who was a friend of Modiano's mother. He entered the Sorbonne, but did not complete his studies.
Queneau, the author of "Zazie dans le métro", introduced Modiano to the literary world via a cocktail party given by publishing house Éditions Gallimard. Modiano published his first novel, "La Place de l’Étoile", with Gallimard in 1968, after having read the manuscript to Raymond Queneau. Starting that year, he did nothing but write.
On September 12, 1970, Modiano married Dominique Zerhfuss. "I have a catastrophic souvenir of the day of our marriage. It rained. A real nightmare. Our groomsmen were Queneau, who had mentored Patrick since his adolescence, and Malraux, a friend of my father. They started to argue about Dubuffet, and it was like we were watching a tennis match! That said, it would have been funny to have some photos, but the only person who had a camera forgot to bring a roll of film. There is only one photo remaining of us, from behind and under an umbrella!" (Interview with Elle, 6 October 2003). From their marriage came two girls, Zina (1974) and Marie (1978).
Modiano has mentioned on Oct 9, 2014, during an interview with La Grande Librairie, that one of the books which had a great impact on his writing life was 'Le cœur est un chasseur solitaire' (The Heart is a Lonely Hunter), the first novel published by Carson McCullers in 1940.
(Arabic: باتريك موديانو)
He is a winner of the 1972 Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française, and the 1978 Prix Goncourt for his novel "Rue des boutiques obscures".
Modiano's parents met in occupied Paris during World War II and began a clandestine relationship. Modiano's childhood took place in a unique atmosphere: with an absent father -- of which he heard troubled stories of dealings with the Vichy regime -- and a Flemish-actress mother who frequently toured. His younger brother's sudden death also greatly influenced his writings.
While he was at Henri-IV lycee, he took geometry lessons from writer Raymond Queneau, who was a friend of Modiano's mother. He entered the Sorbonne, but did not complete his studies.
Queneau, the author of "Zazie dans le métro", introduced Modiano to the literary world via a cocktail party given by publishing house Éditions Gallimard. Modiano published his first novel, "La Place de l’Étoile", with Gallimard in 1968, after having read the manuscript to Raymond Queneau. Starting that year, he did nothing but write.
On September 12, 1970, Modiano married Dominique Zerhfuss. "I have a catastrophic souvenir of the day of our marriage. It rained. A real nightmare. Our groomsmen were Queneau, who had mentored Patrick since his adolescence, and Malraux, a friend of my father. They started to argue about Dubuffet, and it was like we were watching a tennis match! That said, it would have been funny to have some photos, but the only person who had a camera forgot to bring a roll of film. There is only one photo remaining of us, from behind and under an umbrella!" (Interview with Elle, 6 October 2003). From their marriage came two girls, Zina (1974) and Marie (1978).
Modiano has mentioned on Oct 9, 2014, during an interview with La Grande Librairie, that one of the books which had a great impact on his writing life was 'Le cœur est un chasseur solitaire' (The Heart is a Lonely Hunter), the first novel published by Carson McCullers in 1940.
(Arabic: باتريك موديانو)
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July 3, 2023
Patrick Modiano's style is great, full of fog in a mysterious Paris full of ghosts...
Just read Him... no word of mine can be so pure as his are... Enough talk from me.
Just read Patrick Modiano with this wonderful string of novels they are like strange
diamonds shining in the Paris Darkness. Enjoy !
Just read Him... no word of mine can be so pure as his are... Enough talk from me.
Just read Patrick Modiano with this wonderful string of novels they are like strange
diamonds shining in the Paris Darkness. Enjoy !
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