Paris nocturne / Patrick Modiano ; translated from the French by Phoebe Weston-Evans.
By: Modiano, Patrick [author.].
Contributor(s): Weston-Evans, Phoebe [translator.].
Series: Margellos world republic of letters book: Publisher: New Haven : Australia : Yale University Press ; The Text Publishing Company, 2015Edition: English edition.Description: 148 pages ; 20 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780300215885.Uniform titles: Accident nocturne. English Subject(s): Memory -- Fiction | Traffic accidents -- Fiction | Memory | Traffic accidents | Paris (France) -- Fiction | France -- ParisGenre/Form: Print books.Summary: "This uneasy, compelling novel begins with a nighttime accident on the streets of Paris. The unnamed narrator, a teenage boy, is hit by a car whose driver he vaguely recalls having met before. The mysterious ensuing events, involving a police van, a dose of ether, awakening in a strange hospital, and the disappearance of the woman driver, culminate in a packet being pressed into the boy's hand. It is an envelope stuffed full of bank notes. The confusion only deepens as the characters grow increasingly apprehensive; meanwhile, readers are held spellbound." -- Provided by publisherOther editions: Reproduction of (manifestation):: Modiano, Patrick, 1945- Paris Nocturne| Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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| On Shelf | PQ2673.O3 A6413 2015 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU00000000011498 |
Originally published in French as Accident nocturne, Editions Gallimard, Paris, 2003.
"This uneasy, compelling novel begins with a nighttime accident on the streets of Paris. The unnamed narrator, a teenage boy, is hit by a car whose driver he vaguely recalls having met before. The mysterious ensuing events, involving a police van, a dose of ether, awakening in a strange hospital, and the disappearance of the woman driver, culminate in a packet being pressed into the boy's hand. It is an envelope stuffed full of bank notes. The confusion only deepens as the characters grow increasingly apprehensive; meanwhile, readers are held spellbound." -- Provided by publisher
Text in English translated from the French.
Translated from the French.