Modiano, P: Villa Triste A Novel

It has taken more than 40 years for this small masterpiece by the Nobel prize-winner to find its English translation from the original French. The wait has been worthwhile. . . This great novel is infused with nostalgia for a lost time, place and people so intimately described that Victor s memories begin to feel like our own. Guardian 

A French Nobel laureate's beguiling 1975 novel about an elusive young man's memory of love and friendship. . . Beautifully translated by John Cullen, this novel does not dip into that life-world of the French Occupation, but it does bear out the rest of the Nobel citation in being a seductive and at times poignant exploration of memory. Minneapolis Star-Tribune

Like all of Modiano s novels, this is a brilliant evocation of guilt and memory.   Catholic Herald

"Adding more color to Modiano s exquisite palette; highly recommended."  Library Journal Starred Review

"Nobel Prize-winning French writer Modiano develops his now-trademark demimonde of secrets kept and personae doffed and donned . . . A brilliant evocation of place, memory, and loss, shot through with an aching nostalgia."  Kirkus Reviews

Beautifully translated by Cullen, [Villa Triste] is more substantial and satisfying than much of what has appeared thus far from Nobel laureate Modiano." Booklist