Patrick Modiano

Villa Triste

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ISBN 13:: 9781907970931
author:: Patrick Modiano
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Daunt Books
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2016
Pages:: 176
Dimensions:: 19.8 x 1.5 x 13.2 cm
Genre:: , Patrick Modiano,Villa Triste,Daunt Books,1907970932,General & Literary Fiction,Fiction / Contemporary Fiction,Fiction / General,Modern & contemporary fiction,Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)
Condition:: New
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Villa Triste by Patrick Modiano is a novel about a young man's search for safety and connection in a world filled with uncertainty. In the early 1960s, he flees to a small French lakeside town near Switzerland, seeking temporary reassurance from its proximity to neutral territory. There, he becomes embroiled in the lives of two charismatic individuals: Yvonne Jacquet, a beautiful young actress, and Rene Meinthe, a strange doctor. They invite him into their world of social gatherings and late-night revelry, but when reality calls, he finds no sympathy from his new companions. This novel explores themes of anxiety, fear, and the human need for connection in a time of great turmoil.

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