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Indlæser... Sundays in August (The Margellos World Republic of Letters) (original 1986; udgave 2017)af Patrick Modiano (Forfatter), Damion Searls (Oversætter)
Work InformationSundays in August af Patrick Modiano (1986)
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Bliv medlem af LibraryThing for at finde ud af, om du vil kunne lide denne bog. Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog. Sundays in August embodies the dreamy quality of a memory from the past, but a beguiling memory with a hint of danger, and told with scintillating detail. Then a mystery emerges from the past, hints of which have been dropped in place throughout the story, and dreaminess gives way to something more sinister. As in many of Modiano's stories, one man is left to unravel what details he can and try to make sense of what went on in the past, in this case his own. Of interest, the title is the last three words of the novel. Hypnotic, ambiguous, this is a slow-burner of a book that plays with your mind; Modiano is a master of place and he builds a complex narrative that weaves back through time to slowly reveal essential parts of the plot. If you like your books neatly tied up with string and signed off with everything explained, this is not for you. It's complex and makes the reader have to work to try and figure out answers, but in a beautifully languid, almost dreamlike way. A different setting from his normal Paris-based books, I really enjoyed it. ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
Tilhører ForlagsserienGallimard, Folio (2042)
Stolen jewels, black markets, hired guns, crossed lovers, unregistered addresses, people gone missing, shadowy figures disappearing in crowds, newspaper stories uncomfortably close and getting closer . . . this ominous novel is Patrick Modiano's most noirish work to date. Set in Nice--a departure from the author's more familiar Paris--this novel evokes the bright sun and dark shadow of the Riviera. Modiano's trademark ability to create a haunting atmosphere is here on full display: readers descend precipitously into a world of mystery, uneasiness, inevitability. A young couple in hiding keeps close watch over a notorious diamond necklace known as the Southern Cross. Its provenance is murky, its whereabouts known only to our hero and heroine, who find themselves trapped by its potential value--and its ultimate cost. Deftly Modiano reaches further and further into the past, revealing the secret histories of the two even as the pressurized present threatens to overwhelm them. No library descriptions found. |
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Patrick Modiano weaves another atmospheric drama out of reminiscence and regret. And a certain, possibly implausible, device of faulty memory. When Sylvia’s ex-husband discovers the pair in Nice, it isn’t his potential indignation that has them worried. He is just a harbinger of worse things to come. But from which direction?
It’s a brief read but very taut and there is a wonderful appearance of Sylvia’s mother-in-law, in flashback, towards the end. Now she would have been a compelling character to build a thriller around!
Easily recommended. ( )