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Para que no te pierdas en el barrio
Jean Daragane, un escritor solitario, recibe una llamada telefónica. Un desconocido de voz ligeramente amenazante le habla de una vieja libreta de direcciones que probablemente perdió en un tren que venía de la Costa Azul y lo cita para entregársela. El desconocido se presenta acompañado de una enigmática joven y se interesa por uno de los nombres de la libreta. Ese encuentro llevará al escritor a rastrear en su pasado, a rememorar un episodio de la infancia que marcó su vida: su madre lo dejó al cuidado de una amiga, en una enorme mansión a las afueras en la que el niño veía entrar y salir a extraños visitantes nocturnos. ¿Eran traficantes? ¿De qué? ¿Y quién era aquella mujer? ¿Qué habrá sido de ella? ¿Seguirá viva? París y su extrarradio. El pasado. Una mujer misteriosa. El temor de un niño a ser abandonado. Un hombre que busca. Un escritor que indaga en una herida abierta que acaso la escritura logrará por fin sellar. Un libro que contiene muchas preguntas y apenas algunas respuestas. Un libro sobre misterios envueltos en las brumas del recuerdo. Un libro sobre un episodio de infancia que quizá explique toda una vida. Territorio Modiano: ecos, fragancias, imágenes como de una vieja película, escenarios evanescentes, personajes fantasmagóricos. La nueva novela del premio Nobel Patrick Modiano es una obra maestra en la que el autor, detective de la memoria, reconstruye un episodio que forja su imaginario. Una pieza fundamental para completar el rompecabezas de su prodigiosa literatura.
152 pages, Kindle Edition
First published October 2, 2014
About the author
Patrick Modiano
109 books2,141 followersPatrick Modiano is a French-language author and playwright and winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature.
He is a winner of the 1972 Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française, and the 1978 Prix Goncourt for his novel "Rue des boutiques obscures".
Modiano's parents met in occupied Paris during World War II and began a clandestine relationship. Modiano's childhood took place in a unique atmosphere: with an absent father -- of which he heard troubled stories of dealings with the Vichy regime -- and a Flemish-actress mother who frequently toured. His younger brother's sudden death also greatly influenced his writings.
While he was at Henri-IV lycee, he took geometry lessons from writer Raymond Queneau, who was a friend of Modiano's mother. He entered the Sorbonne, but did not complete his studies.
Queneau, the author of "Zazie dans le métro", introduced Modiano to the literary world via a cocktail party given by publishing house Éditions Gallimard. Modiano published his first novel, "La Place de l’Étoile", with Gallimard in 1968, after having read the manuscript to Raymond Queneau. Starting that year, he did nothing but write.
On September 12, 1970, Modiano married Dominique Zerhfuss. "I have a catastrophic souvenir of the day of our marriage. It rained. A real nightmare. Our groomsmen were Queneau, who had mentored Patrick since his adolescence, and Malraux, a friend of my father. They started to argue about Dubuffet, and it was like we were watching a tennis match! That said, it would have been funny to have some photos, but the only person who had a camera forgot to bring a roll of film. There is only one photo remaining of us, from behind and under an umbrella!" (Interview with Elle, 6 October 2003). From their marriage came two girls, Zina (1974) and Marie (1978).
Modiano has mentioned on Oct 9, 2014, during an interview with La Grande Librairie, that one of the books which had a great impact on his writing life was 'Le cœur est un chasseur solitaire' (The Heart is a Lonely Hunter), the first novel published by Carson McCullers in 1940.
(Arabic: باتريك موديانو)
He is a winner of the 1972 Grand prix du roman de l'Académie française, and the 1978 Prix Goncourt for his novel "Rue des boutiques obscures".
Modiano's parents met in occupied Paris during World War II and began a clandestine relationship. Modiano's childhood took place in a unique atmosphere: with an absent father -- of which he heard troubled stories of dealings with the Vichy regime -- and a Flemish-actress mother who frequently toured. His younger brother's sudden death also greatly influenced his writings.
While he was at Henri-IV lycee, he took geometry lessons from writer Raymond Queneau, who was a friend of Modiano's mother. He entered the Sorbonne, but did not complete his studies.
Queneau, the author of "Zazie dans le métro", introduced Modiano to the literary world via a cocktail party given by publishing house Éditions Gallimard. Modiano published his first novel, "La Place de l’Étoile", with Gallimard in 1968, after having read the manuscript to Raymond Queneau. Starting that year, he did nothing but write.
On September 12, 1970, Modiano married Dominique Zerhfuss. "I have a catastrophic souvenir of the day of our marriage. It rained. A real nightmare. Our groomsmen were Queneau, who had mentored Patrick since his adolescence, and Malraux, a friend of my father. They started to argue about Dubuffet, and it was like we were watching a tennis match! That said, it would have been funny to have some photos, but the only person who had a camera forgot to bring a roll of film. There is only one photo remaining of us, from behind and under an umbrella!" (Interview with Elle, 6 October 2003). From their marriage came two girls, Zina (1974) and Marie (1978).
Modiano has mentioned on Oct 9, 2014, during an interview with La Grande Librairie, that one of the books which had a great impact on his writing life was 'Le cœur est un chasseur solitaire' (The Heart is a Lonely Hunter), the first novel published by Carson McCullers in 1940.
(Arabic: باتريك موديانو)
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