LEADER 02768nam 2200553 450 001 9910159460103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a1-78694-523-1 010 $a1-78138-433-9 035 $a(CKB)3710000000908894 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC4779116 035 $a(UkCbUP)CR9781781384336 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0001992698 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL4779116 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr11326042 035 $a(OCoLC)968721480 035 $a(EXLCZ)993710000000908894 100 $a20170119h20152015 uy 1 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcnu|||||||| 181 $2rdacontent 182 $2rdamedia 183 $2rdacarrier 200 10$aPatrick Modiano /$fAkane Kawakami 205 $aRevised and expanded version. 210 1$a[Oxford, England] :$cLiverpool University Press,$d2015. 210 4$dİ2015 215 $a1 online resource (232 pages) 225 0 $a[Modern French writers ;$v5] 300 $aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 11 Aug 2017). 311 $a1-78138-274-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aDegree zero voices: the empty narrator -- Disorderly narratives: the order of narration -- Unreal stories: the 'effet d'irre?el' -- Being serious: Modiano's use of history -- Being playful: parody and disappointment -- Being popular: the Modiano novel -- Being a woman: mothers and lovers -- Being eternal: the endless recurrence of time and writing. 330 $aConceived as a second edition to Kawakami's acclaimed A Self-Conscious Art, which was the first full-length study in English of Patrick Modiano?s work, this book has been comprehensively updated with two new chapters, notably discussing the author's recent work and his Nobel Prize win. Kawakami shows how by parodying precursors such as Proust or the nouveau romanciers, Modiano's narratives are built around a profound lack of faith in the ability of writing to retrieve the past through memory, and this failure is acknowledged in the discreet playfulness that characterises his novels.This welcome update on the work of one of the most successful modern French novelists will be essential reading for scholars working on contemporary French writing. 410 0$aLiverpool scholarship online. 606 $aFrench fiction$y20th century$xHistory and criticism 606 $aPostmodernism (Literature) 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aFrench fiction$xHistory and criticism. 615 0$aPostmodernism (Literature) 676 $a843/.914 700 $aKawakami$b Akane$0855944 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910159460103321 996 $aPatrick Modiano$91911040 997 $aUNINA