Book Review #92
Villa Triste
by Patrick Modiano
This is the third book by Patrick Modiano I have read. In all three he explores variations on a similar theme: the present looking back upon the past, told in dreamlike prose, as the past melds with the present in the mind of a young man recalling his love affair with a slightly older, mysterious and attractive French woman. Of the three this novel is by far the most moving. There is a real sense of loss at the end, with a scene in a restaurant overlooking the water with lights on the other side, reminiscent of the heartbreaking finale of "The Great Gatsby." Triste indeed...
by Patrick Modiano
This is the third book by Patrick Modiano I have read. In all three he explores variations on a similar theme: the present looking back upon the past, told in dreamlike prose, as the past melds with the present in the mind of a young man recalling his love affair with a slightly older, mysterious and attractive French woman. Of the three this novel is by far the most moving. There is a real sense of loss at the end, with a scene in a restaurant overlooking the water with lights on the other side, reminiscent of the heartbreaking finale of "The Great Gatsby." Triste indeed...
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