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In this video I discuss the novella Dora Bruder by French author, winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, Patrick Modiano. This book deals with a very dark episode in Parisian and French history--the German occupation. Specifically, the book follows the author's search for a fifteen-year-old Jewish girl who went missing in 1941, a search for clues over a half century after-the-fact.
As I mention in the video: This is a unique book that transcends categories. It’s short, a novella, but it’s not really fiction, or traditional non-fiction either. I would say it’s a sort of memoir, partly of the author, partly of the eponymous Dora Bruder and also of the street of Paris, if they would speak.
If you enjoy French literature in general, you will probably enjoy this book about a time in Parisian history that is seldom thought of anymore.
From the Nobel Prize website: The Nobel Prize in Literature 2014 was awarded to Patrick Modiano "for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered the life-world of the occupation."
About Patrick Modiano:
www.nobelprize...
Amazon link to purchase:
amzn.to/3jrrPhT
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