After the circus
By: a novel by Patrick Modiano ; translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti
Contributors: Polizzotti, Mark, translator
Series: Margellos world republic of letters book; Margellos world republic of letters book
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 197
ISBN-13: 9780300215892
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Man-woman relationships; French fiction; Fiction
Work titles: Cirque passe
Description: 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 internationally 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, and the slightly older, enigmatic woman he first glimpses at a police interrogation. The two lovers make their uncertain way into each other's hearts, but the narrator soon finds himself in the unsettling, ominous presence of others. Who are these people? 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.
Notes: Originally published in French as Un cirque passe: Paris : Editions Gallimard, 1992.