{"product_id":"sundays-in-august-paperback","title":"Sundays in August - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePatrick Modiano\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eDamion Searls\u003c\/b\u003e (Translator)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom beloved storyteller and Nobel Prize winner Patrick Modiano, a masterly and gripping crime novel set in picturesque Nice on the French Riviera\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Stolen jewels, black markets, hired guns, crossed lovers, unregistered addresses, people gone missing, shadowy figures disappearing in crowds, newspaper stories uncomfortably close and getting closer . . . this ominous novel is Patrick Modiano's most noirish work to date. Set in Nice--a departure from the author's more familiar Paris--this novel evokes the bright sun and dark shadow of the Riviera. Modiano's trademark ability to create a haunting atmosphere is here on full display: readers descend precipitously into a world of mystery, uneasiness, inevitability. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A young couple in hiding keeps close watch over a notorious diamond necklace known as the Southern Cross. Its provenance is murky, its whereabouts known only to our hero and heroine, who find themselves trapped by its potential value--and its ultimate cost. Deftly Modiano reaches further and further into the past, revealing the secret histories of the two even as the pressurized present threatens to overwhelm them.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eInternationally renowned author\u003cb\u003e Patrick Modiano \u003c\/b\u003ehas received many prestigious literary awards, among them the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature. \u003cb\u003eDamion Searls\u003c\/b\u003e has translated thirty books from German, French, Norwegian, and Dutch, including Patrick Modiano's \u003ci\u003eYoung Once\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 168\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.5 x 7.7 x 5 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 29, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51754150691104,"sku":"9780300223330","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/4a7113abcc56c7f10f1dd7a068fa4154.webp?v=1780034489","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/sundays-in-august-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}