The only children's story by 2014's winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Patrick Modiano, illustrated in full colour by celebrated artist Jean-Jacques Sempe.
Patrick Modiano is a celebrated French novelist, author of
numerous books for adults and children. His work has been
translated into over 30 languages. Notable awards include the Grand
Prix du Roman de l'Academie Fran aise, the Prix Goncourt and the
Austrian State Prize for European Literature. In 2014 he was
awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature 'for the art of memory with
which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies.'
Born in France in 1932, Jean-Jacques Sempe is one of the
world's most successful illustrators and cartoonists. His work
includes numerous covers of the New Yorker magazine, full-page
cartoons in Paris Match, the illustrations of the classic
children's book character, Nicholas, and many albums of cartoons
and graphic novels. He lives in Paris.
"Elegant. Apparently simple and transparent nostalgia belies its
sophistication of observation. Deftly characterised
illustrations."
*Books for Keeps*
"What particularly engages is the way Modiano captures memories of
childhood: fragmented, misunderstood, but glowing in the crucible
of recollection"
*Booklist*
"Really affecting"
*Bookbag*
"Feather-light illustrations. This lovely book suggests the
delicacy and strength of an eggshell."
*Publishers Weekly online*
"Ravishing artwork. In surrendering our old certitudes, we may win
insights that make our lives more fully human and humane in the
present."
*The Boston Globe*
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