{"product_id":"villa-triste-paperback-1","title":"Villa Triste - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick Modiano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eJohn Cullen\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThis novel by Nobel Prize-winning author Patrick Modiano is one of the most seductive and accessible in his oeuvre: the story of a man's memories of fleeing responsibility, finding love, and searching for meaning in an uncertain world\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e The narrator of \u003ci\u003eVilla Triste\u003c\/i\u003e, an anxious, roving, stateless young man of eighteen, arrives in a small French lakeside town near Switzerland in the early 1960s. He is fleeing the atmosphere of menace he feels around him and the fear that grips him. Fear of war? Of imminent catastrophe? Of others? Whatever it may be, the proximity of Switzerland, to which he plans to run at the first sign of danger, gives him temporary reassurance.\u003cbr\u003e The young man hides among the other summer visitors until he meets a beautiful young actress named Yvonne Jacquet, and a strange doctor, René Meinthe. These two invite him into their world of soirees and late-night debauchery. But when real life beckons once again, he finds no sympathy from his new companions.\u003cbr\u003e Modiano has written a haunting novel that captures lost youth, the search for identity, and ultimately, the fleetingness of time. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Modiano\u003c\/b\u003e is a French novelist and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature. He previously won the 2012 Austrian State Prize for European Literature, the 2010 Prix mondial Cino Del Duca from the Institut de France for lifetime achievement, the 1978 Prix Goncourt for \u003ci\u003eRue des boutiques obscures\u003c\/i\u003e, and the 1972 Grand Prix du roman de l'Académie française for \u003ci\u003eLes Boulevards de ceinture\u003c\/i\u003e. His works have been translated into more than forty languages. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eJohn Cullen\u003c\/b\u003e was the translator of many books from Spanish, French, German, and Italian, including Siegfried Lenz's \u003ci\u003eThe Turncoat\u003c\/i\u003e, Juli Zeh's \u003ci\u003eEmpty Hearts\u003c\/i\u003e, Patrick Modiano's \u003ci\u003eVilla Triste\u003c\/i\u003e, Kamel Daoud's \u003ci\u003eThe Meursault Investigation\u003c\/i\u003e, and Philippe Claudel's \u003ci\u003eBrodeck\u003c\/i\u003e.\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 8.23 x 5.5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 31, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48289123991801,"sku":"9781590517673","price":13.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/cuifo_t1h79781590517673.webp?v=1776258704","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/villa-triste-paperback-1","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}