Missing PersonCape, 1980 - 159 pagine "In this strange, elegant novel, winner of the 1978 Prix Goncourt, Patrick Modiano portrays a man in pursuit of the identity he lost in the murky days of the Paris Occupation. On one level a tantalising detective thriller - with overtones of Simenon in both style and construction - Missing persons also penetrates a shadowy region where the convention of identity is itself in question..."--Book jacket. |
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Pagina 47
... hand still shielding it , pressed against his forehead , looking like a watchmaker engaged in a particularly delicate operation . ' She was a pretty little girl , ' he said . ' Have you any other photos of her ? ' ' Unfortunately not ...
... hand still shielding it , pressed against his forehead , looking like a watchmaker engaged in a particularly delicate operation . ' She was a pretty little girl , ' he said . ' Have you any other photos of her ? ' ' Unfortunately not ...
Pagina 100
... hand . With his left hand , he is holding down the pages of a book , which rests on his knee . He is bald , his eyebrows are bushy , and his eyelids are lowered . He is reading . The short , thick nose , the grim fold of the mouth , the ...
... hand . With his left hand , he is holding down the pages of a book , which rests on his knee . He is bald , his eyebrows are bushy , and his eyelids are lowered . He is reading . The short , thick nose , the grim fold of the mouth , the ...
Pagina 106
Patrick Modiano. Neither does the staircase . The hand - rail is not that brass one that shines in my memory . The ... hands were folded about the top of his knobstick and his chin rested on his hands . The features of his face sagged ...
Patrick Modiano. Neither does the staircase . The hand - rail is not that brass one that shines in my memory . The ... hands were folded about the top of his knobstick and his chin rested on his hands . The features of his face sagged ...
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