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University of california press 0 4 0 summary 2014 winner of the nobel prize in literature patrick modiano opens dora bruder by telling how in 1988 he stumbled across an ad in the personal columns of the new years eve 1941 edition of paris soir. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. In this rare glimpse into the life of nobel laureate patrick modiano, the author takes up his pen to tell his personal s. He interviews strangers and is tantalized by halfclues until, at last, he grasps a thread that leads him through the maze of his own repressed experience.
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