{"product_id":"in-the-cafe-of-lost-youth-paperback","title":"In the Café of Lost Youth - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick Modiano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eChris Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNYRB Classics Original\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Nobel Prize in Literature\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn the Caf  of Lost Youth \u003c\/i\u003eis vintage Patrick Modiano, an absorbing evocation of a particular Paris of the 1950s, shadowy and shady, a secret world of writers, criminals, drinkers, and drifters. The novel, inspired in part by the circle (depicted in the photographs of Ed van der Elsken) of the notorious and charismatic Guy Debord, centers on the enigmatic, waiflike figure of Louki, who catches everyone's attention even as she eludes possession or comprehension. Through the eyes of four very different narrators, including Louki herself, we contemplate her character and her fate, while Modiano explores the themes of identity, memory, time, and forgetting that are at the heart of his spellbinding and deeply moving art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Modiano\u003c\/b\u003e was born in the Boulogne-Billancourt suburb of Paris near the end of the Nazi occupation of France. He studied at the Lycée Henri-IV and the Sorbonne. As a teenager he took geometry lessons with the writer Raymond Queneau, who would play a key role in his development. He has written more than thirty works of fiction, including novels, children's books, and the screenplay for Louis Malle's film \u003ci\u003eLacombe, Lucien\u003c\/i\u003e. In 2014, Modiano won the Nobel Prize in Literature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eChris Clarke\u003c\/b\u003e was born and raised in British Columbia, Canada, and lives and works in and around New York City. His published translations include work by Oulipo members Raymond Queneau and Olivier Salon. He currently teaches French and is translating a novel by Pierre Mac Orlan, which will be published in 2016.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 128\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.9 x 4.9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e March 08, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51771221901600,"sku":"9781590179536","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/fd38ca7b261497fe5b71d6b6e4400ad0.webp?v=1780383466","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/in-the-cafe-of-lost-youth-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}