Pedigree : a memoir / Patrick Modiano ; translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti.
By: Modiano, Patrick [author.].
Contributor(s): Polizzotti, Mark [translator.].
Series: A Margellos world republic of letters book.Publisher: New Haven ; London : Yale University Press, [2015]Description: 130 pages ; 21 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780300215335 (cloth : alk. paper).Uniform titles: Pedigree. English Subject(s): Modiano, Patrick, 1945- | Modiano, Patrick, 1945- | 1900 - 1999 | Authors, French -- 20th century -- Biography | Authors, FrenchGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: "In this rare glimpse into the life of Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano, the author takes up his pen to tell his personal story. He addresses his early years--shadowy times in postwar Paris that haunt his memory and have inspired his world-cherished body of fiction. In the spare, absorbing, and sometimes dreamlike prose that translator Mark Polizzotti captures unerringly, Modiano offers a memoir of his first twenty-one years. Termed one of his "finest books" by the Guardian, Pedigree is both a personal exploration and a luminous portrait of a world gone by."--Jacket flap.| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | PQ2673.O3 Z4613 2015 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000011483 |
Originally published as Un Pedigree. Paris : Editions Gallimard, 2005.
"In this rare glimpse into the life of Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano, the author takes up his pen to tell his personal story. He addresses his early years--shadowy times in postwar Paris that haunt his memory and have inspired his world-cherished body of fiction. In the spare, absorbing, and sometimes dreamlike prose that translator Mark Polizzotti captures unerringly, Modiano offers a memoir of his first twenty-one years. Termed one of his "finest books" by the Guardian, Pedigree is both a personal exploration and a luminous portrait of a world gone by."--Jacket flap.