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In the Café of Lost Youth by Patrick Modiano: Used
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Item specifics
- Condition
- Publication Date
- 2016-03-08
- Pages
- 128
- ISBN
- 1590179536
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
New York Review of Books, Incorporated, T.H.E.
ISBN-10
1590179536
ISBN-13
9781590179536
eBay Product ID (ePID)
212742260
Product Key Features
Book Title
In the Café of Lost Youth
Number of Pages
128 Pages
Language
English
Topic
Psychological, Contemporary Women, Literary
Publication Year
2016
Genre
Fiction
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
0.4 in
Item Weight
5.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2015-039566
Reviews
"[M]odiano at his height. In 1950s Paris, a young woman nicknamed Louki haunts a caf called the Cond, casting a decided allure yet remaining mysterious and unknowable. A young hanger-on, the husband she abandoned, the detective searching for her--all try to grasp her and fail. Not unexpectedly, Modiano withholds her secret life to the end." -- Library Journal , starred review " In the Caf of Lost Youth is a kind of suspense story. It is a story about the many facets of a single woman but also, unquestionably, a story about the multiple worlds within Paris, a city that, as much as any individual human being, remains essentially unknowable. It casts a near hypnotic spell." --Douglas Kennedy, L'Express "Every area described is also imbued with layers of emotion. . . . Readers are left haunted by the cityscape Modiano paints." --Henri Astier, The Times Literary Supplement "Modiano's books develop a different tone, one more mellow and melancholic, somewhere between sepia and film noir, more akin to the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson than to the work of other writers." --Rachel Donadio, The New York Times "[An] edge of mystery, of indirection, motivates [Modiano's work] like an animating force...a vivid air of the conditional, which is, of course, the whole idea. For Modiano, memory, experience are fluid, fleeting, and even the stories we tell ourselves are subject to change. Our lives flicker past us like the afterimage of a photo; eventually, our attempts at constancy must fall away."--David Ulin, Los Angeles Times "Modiano is a pure original. He has transformed the novel into a laboratory for producing atmospheres, not situations--where everything must be inferred and nothing can be proved."--Adam Thirwell, The Guardian "Like W.G. Sebald, another European writer haunted by memory and by the history that took place just before he was born, Modiano combines a detective's curiosity with an elegist's melancholy."--Adam Kirsch, The New Republic "The genius of Modiano's work lies in how it straddles the very real moral chaos of post-Vichy France and his creation of an idiosyncratic milieu. Patrick Modiano goes beyond the checklist accuracies of historical fiction, fashioning a lush fever dream filled with glamor, mystery, and despair." --Karl Wolff, New York Journal of Books "[C]arefully, artfully constructed...[an] impressive, accomplished work." --M.A. Orthofer, Complete Review, "[M]odiano at his height. In 1950s Paris, a young woman nicknamed Louki haunts a café called the Condé, casting a decided allure yet remaining mysterious and unknowable. A young hanger-on, the husband she abandoned, the detective searching for her--all try to grasp her and fail. Not unexpectedly, Modiano withholds her secret life to the end." -- Library Journal , starred review " In the Café of Lost Youth is a kind of suspense story. It is a story about the many facets of a single woman but also, unquestionably, a story about the multiple worlds within Paris, a city that, as much as any individual human being, remains essentially unknowable. It casts a near hypnotic spell." --Douglas Kennedy, L'Express "Every area described is also imbued with layers of emotion. . . . Readers are left haunted by the cityscape Modiano paints." --Henri Astier, The Times Literary Supplement "Modiano's books develop a different tone, one more mellow and melancholic, somewhere between sepia and film noir, more akin to the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson than to the work of other writers." --Rachel Donadio, The New York Times "[An] edge of mystery, of indirection, motivates [Modiano's work] like an animating force...a vivid air of the conditional, which is, of course, the whole idea. For Modiano, memory, experience are fluid, fleeting, and even the stories we tell ourselves are subject to change. Our lives flicker past us like the afterimage of a photo; eventually, our attempts at constancy must fall away."--David Ulin, Los Angeles Times "Modiano is a pure original. He has transformed the novel into a laboratory for producing atmospheres, not situations--where everything must be inferred and nothing can be proved."--Adam Thirwell, The Guardian "Like W.G. Sebald, another European writer haunted by memory and by the history that took place just before he was born, Modiano combines a detective's curiosity with an elegist's melancholy."--Adam Kirsch, The New Republic "The genius of Modiano's work lies in how it straddles the very real moral chaos of post-Vichy France and his creation of an idiosyncratic milieu. Patrick Modiano goes beyond the checklist accuracies of historical fiction, fashioning a lush fever dream filled with glamor, mystery, and despair." --Karl Wolff, New York Journal of Books "[C]arefully, artfully constructed...[an] impressive, accomplished work." --M.A. Orthofer, Complete Review, "[M]odiano at his height. In 1950s Paris, a young woman nicknamed Louki haunts a café called the Condé, casting a decided allure yet remaining mysterious and unknowable. A young hanger-on, the husband she abandoned, the detective searching for her--all try to grasp her and fail. Not unexpectedly, Modiano withholds her secret life to the end." -- Library Journal , starred review " In the Café of Lost Youth is a kind of suspense story. It is a story about the many facets of a single woman but also, unquestionably, a story about the multiple worlds within Paris, a city that, as much as any individual human being, remains essentially unknowable. It casts a near hypnotic spell." --Douglas Kennedy, L'Express "Every area described is also imbued with layers of emotion. . . . Readers are left haunted by the cityscape Modiano paints." --Henri Astier, The Times Literary Supplement "Modiano's books develop a different tone, one more mellow and melancholic, somewhere between sepia and film noir, more akin to the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson than to the work of other writers." --Rachel Donadio, The New York Times "[An] edge of mystery, of indirection, motivates [Modiano's work] like an animating force...a vivid air of the conditional, which is, of course, the whole idea. For Modiano, memory, experience are fluid, fleeting, and even the stories we tell ourselves are subject to change. Our lives flicker past us like the afterimage of a photo; eventually, our attempts at constancy must fall away."--David Ulin, Los Angeles Times "Modiano is a pure original. He has transformed the novel into a laboratory for producing atmospheres, not situations--where everything must be inferred and nothing can be proved."--Adam Thirwell, The Guardian "Like W.G. Sebald, another European writer haunted by memory and by the history that took place just before he was born, Modiano combines a detective's curiosity with an elegist's melancholy."--Adam Kirsch, The New Republic, "[M]odiano at his height. In 1950s Paris, a young woman nicknamed Louki haunts a café called the Condé, casting a decided allure yet remaining mysterious and unknowable. A young hanger-on, the husband she abandoned, the detective searching for her--all try to grasp her and fail. Not unexpectedly, Modiano withholds her secret life to the end." -- Library Journal , starred review " In the Café of Lost Youth is a kind of suspense story. It is a story about the many facets of a single woman but also, unquestionably, a story about the multiple worlds within Paris, a city that, as much as any individual human being, remains essentially unknowable. It casts a near hypnotic spell." --Douglas Kennedy, L'Express "Every area described is also imbued with layers of emotion. . . . Readers are left haunted by the cityscape Modiano paints." --Henri Astier, The Times Literary Supplement "Modiano's books develop a different tone, one more mellow and melancholic, somewhere between sepia and film noir, more akin to the photographs of Henri Cartier-Bresson than to the work of other writers." --Rachel Donadio, The New York Times "[An] edge of mystery, of indirection, motivates [Modiano's work] like an animating force...a vivid air of the conditional, which is, of course, the whole idea. For Modiano, memory, experience are fluid, fleeting, and even the stories we tell ourselves are subject to change. Our lives flicker past us like the afterimage of a photo; eventually, our attempts at constancy must fall away."--David Ulin, Los Angeles Times "Modiano is a pure original. He has transformed the novel into a laboratory for producing atmospheres, not situations--where everything must be inferred and nothing can be proved."--Adam Thirwell, The Guardian "Like W.G. Sebald, another European writer haunted by memory and by the history that took place just before he was born, Modiano combines a detective's curiosity with an elegist's melancholy."--Adam Kirsch, The New Republic "[C]arefully, artfully constructed...[an] impressive, accomplished work." --M.A. Orthofer, Complete Review, "[An] edge of mystery, of indirection, motivates [Modiano's work] like an animating force...a vivid air of the conditional, which is, of course, the whole idea. For Modiano, memory, experience are fluid, fleeting, and even the stories we tell ourselves are subject to change. Our lives flicker past us like the afterimage of a photo; eventually, our attempts at constancy must fall away."--David Ulin, Los Angeles Times "Modiano is a pure original. He has transformed the novel into a laboratory for producing atmospheres, not situations--where everything must be inferred and nothing can be proved."--Adam Thirwell, The Guardian "Like W.G. Sebald, another European writer haunted by memory and by the history that took place just before he was born, Modiano combines a detective's curiosity with an elegist's melancholy."--Adam Kirsch, The New Republic
Dewey Edition
23
Dewey Decimal
843/.914
Synopsis
NYRB Classics Original Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature In the Café of Lost Youth is vintage Patrick Modiano, an absorbing evocation of a particular Paris of the 1950s, shadowy and shady, a secret world of writers, criminals, drinkers, and drifters. The novel, inspired in part by the circle (depicted in the photographs of Ed van der Elsken) of the notorious and charismatic Guy Debord, centers on the enigmatic, waiflike figure of Louki, who catches everyone's attention even as she eludes possession or comprehension. Through the eyes of four very different narrators, including Louki herself, we contemplate her character and her fate, while Modiano explores the themes of identity, memory, time, and forgetting that are at the heart of his spellbinding and deeply moving art., NYRB Classics Original Winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature In the Caf of Lost Youth is vintage Patrick Modiano, an absorbing evocation of a particular Paris of the 1950s, shadowy and shady, a secret world of writers, criminals, drinkers, and drifters. The novel, inspired in part by the circle (depicted in the photographs of Ed van der Elsken) of the notorious and charismatic Guy Debord, centers on the enigmatic, waiflike figure of Louki, who catches everyone's attention even as she eludes possession or comprehension. Through the eyes of four very different narrators, including Louki herself, we contemplate her character and her fate, while Modiano explores the themes of identity, memory, time, and forgetting that are at the heart of his spellbinding and deeply moving art.
LC Classification Number
PQ2673.O3D3613 2016
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- m***m (2302)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseI’m thrilled with my recent purchase . The website was user-friendly, and the product descriptions were accurate. Customer service was prompt and helpful, answering all my questions. My order arrived quickly, well-packaged, and the product exceeded my expectations in quality. I’m impressed with the attention to detail and the overall experience. I’ll definitely shop here again and highly recommend from this seller to others. Thank you for a fantastic experience!
- a***n (45)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseMistakenly ordered a paperback that I thought was a hardcover, not sellers fault; it was described properly on the listing. Seller still processed a refund the day I went to return the item and let me keep the item anyway. A+++ service. Book arrived quickly in great condition and for a great price. Thank you so much! Amazing seller!
- n***c (95)- Feedback left by buyer.Past 6 monthsVerified purchaseseller was communicative about my shipment, media mail took a while and tracking wasn't updated frequently, but seller communicated to me very quickly on status. the item came new and wrapped as described, though the packaging in it was packed wasn't sturdy and falling apart when it got to me.