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Scene of the Crime

Scene of the Crime

Modiano, Patrick
Polizzotti, Mark

Paperback

Series: Margellos World Republic of Letters

Literary Fiction

Publisher Price: $16.00

ISBN10: 0300276818
ISBN13: 9780300276817
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: May 7 2024
Pages: 168
Weight: 0.35
Height: 0.50 Width: 4.90 Depth: 7.80
Language: English
A haunting novel that probes the enigmas of time and memory, by Nobel Prize-winning author Patrick Modiano

Polizzotti's crisp and evocative translation keeps the reader hooked.--Publishers Weekly

In his acclaimed semi-autobiographical novella Suspended Sentences, Patrick Modiano recounted a dramatic season in his childhood, of the home he shared with sinister surrogate parents, the mysterious events that took place there, and an infamous heist that was never solved.

In Scene of the Crime, Modiano conjures the aftermath of those years. A decade has passed, and Jean Bosmans, now in his early twenties, becomes aware of a set of disturbing coincidences involving an elusive woman, his childhood home, and a host of disquieting characters who seem inordinately interested in his past, for reasons he can't fathom. As he journeys into the echoes of memory, past and present become increasingly intertwined, forming a web spanning half a century.

With the taut suspense of a detective novel, this book slowly peels away layers of time and forgetfulness to reveal the haunting, threatening, ultimately tragic legacies of what we think we know about our lives.

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