by Patrick Modiano · Proa · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788484374169
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«En el cafè de la joventut perduda» is the novel by Patrick Modiano, published by Proa in paperback (144 pages, in Catalan).
Set in Paris in the early sixties, the work revolves around the Café Condé, a meeting point for the literary and university bohemia. Through various testimonies, Modiano reconstructs the figure of Louki, a mysterious woman who disappears without warning and carries a neglected childhood in Pigalle, a failed marriage and a secret love. The novel moves through a city where past, present and future dangerously intertwine, with memory and identity as the guiding thread.
The Catalan translation is by Joan Casas. It is part of the A TOT VENT collection. The work was chosen best novel of 2007 by Lire magazine.
Recommended for readers of contemporary fiction seeking a brief work by the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, focused on atmosphere and memory.
Jean Patrick Modiano, generally known as Patrick Modiano, is a French novelist and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is a noted writer of autofiction, the blend of autobiography and historical fiction.
