Sundays in August
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Searls, Damion translator.
Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017].
ISBN
9780300223330, 0300223331
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Batavia Public Library District - Adult FictionFIC Modiano, PatrickOn Shelf
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Published
New Haven : Yale University Press, [2017].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
152 pages ; 20 cm.
Language
English
ISBN
9780300223330, 0300223331

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General Note
Originally published as Dimanches d'août, © Editions Gallimard, Paris, 1986.
Description
Stolen jewels, black markets, hired guns, crossed lovers, unregistered addresses, people gone missing, shadowy figures disappearing in crowds, newspaper stories uncomfortably close and getting closer . . . this ominous novel is Patrick Modiano's most noirish work to date. Set in Nice--a departure from the author's more familiar Paris--this novel evokes the bright sun and dark shadow of the Riviera. Modiano's trademark ability to create a haunting atmosphere is here on full display: readers descend precipitously into a world of mystery, uneasiness, inevitability. A young couple in hiding keeps close watch over a notorious diamond necklace known as the Southern Cross. Its provenance is murky, its whereabouts known only to our hero and heroine, who find themselves trapped by its potential value--and its ultimate cost. Deftly Modiano reaches further and further into the past, revealing the secret histories of the two even as the pressurized present threatens to overwhelm them.
Awards
Nobel Prize in Literature, 2014

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Modiano, P., & Searls, D. (2017). Sundays in August . Yale University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Modiano, Patrick, 1945- and Damion Searls. 2017. Sundays in August. Yale University Press.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Modiano, Patrick, 1945- and Damion Searls. Sundays in August Yale University Press, 2017.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Modiano, Patrick, and Damion Searls. Sundays in August Yale University Press, 2017.

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