by Patrick Modiano · DTV Deutscher Taschenbuch · tapa blanda · ISBN 9783423142748
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«Im Café der verlorenen Jugend» is the novel by Patrick Modiano, published by DTV Deutscher Taschenbuch in paperback (157 pages, in German).
Set in Paris in the 1960s, the novel follows Louki, a young woman who has always fled her life and believes she finds refuge in the Café Le Condé in Saint-Germain-des-Prés. There she crosses paths with Roland, an aspiring writer, and together they roam the city while a detective hired by her husband tries to track her down. Modiano portrays Parisian bohemia, memory, and the search for identity.
The original French title of «Im Café der verlorenen Jugend» is «Dans le café de la jeunesse perdue»; German translation by Elisabeth Edl. Patrick Modiano received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 2014.
For readers of contemporary French fiction, especially novels set in Paris in the 1960s.
Jean Patrick Modiano, generally known as Patrick Modiano, is a French novelist and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature. He is a noted writer of autofiction, the blend of autobiography and historical fiction.
