A classic novel from recent Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano, now
available to English-language readers in a superb new translation
"Modiano at his best."-Barbara Hoffert, Library Journal (starred
review) One of the hallmarks of French author Patrick Modiano's
writing is a singular ability to revisit particular motifs and
episodes, infusing each telling with new detail and emotional
nuance. In this evocative novel the acclaimed author takes up one
of his most compelling themes: a love affair with a woman who
disappears, and a narrator grappling with the mystery of a
relationship stopped short. Set in mid-sixties Paris, After the
Circus traces the relationship between the narrator, a young man
not quite of legal age whose parents are absent, and the slightly
older, enigmatic married woman he first glimpses while both are
being questioned by the police. Jean and Gisele make their
uncertain way into each other's company and hearts, but Jean soon
finds himself in the ominous presence of the woman's unsavory
associates-and drawn into their mysterious activities while adrift
in Paris. Who are these people? What are they up to? Are they real,
or simply evoked? Part romance, part detective story, this
mesmerizing book fully demonstrates Modiano's signature use of
atmosphere and suggestion as he investigates the perils and the
exhilaration of young love.
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