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Fiction

International Extras

The pick of what’s new from overseas
by Rosemary Sorensen
December 1992, no. 147

Honeymoon by Patrick Modiano

Harvill, $16.95 pb

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The enigmatic Ingrid Theyrsen takes her own life one summer in Milan. Eighteen years later, the memory of this suicide explodes in the memory of a man who knew her briefly. Jean, a professional explorer, engineers his own disappearance without leaving his hometown (Paris) in order to piece together what he knows of Ingrid’s existence before her death. But is he constructing a life or succumbing to the same inexplicable force that destroyed his subject? This is the theme of Honeymoon, a highly-acclaimed novel by French author Patrick Modiano.

 


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Honeymoon by Patrick Modiano

Harvill, $16.95 pb

ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.


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