{"product_id":"pedigree-a-memoir-9780300223613","title":"Pedigree: A Memoir","description":"\u003cb\u003eNobel laureate Patrick Modiano has said that his many fictions are all variations of the same story. \u003ci\u003ePedigree\u003c\/i\u003e, his memoir, is the theme.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Terse, yet somehow infinitely generous, \u003ci\u003ePedigree \u003c\/i\u003eboth enacts and accounts for Modiano's fraught relationship with memory and the past--his own and those of his country.\"--Kaiama L. Gloverdec, \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In this rare glimpse into the life of Nobel laureate Patrick Modiano, the author takes up his pen to tell his personal story. He addresses his early years--shadowy times in postwar Paris that haunt his memory and have inspired his world-cherished body of fiction. In the spare, absorbing, and sometimes dreamlike prose that translator Mark Polizzotti captures unerringly, Modiano offers a memoir of his first twenty-one years. Termed one of his \"finest books\" by the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePedigree\u003c\/i\u003e is both a personal exploration and a luminous portrait of a world gone by. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003ePedigree\u003c\/i\u003e sheds light on the childhood and adolescence that Modiano explores in \u003ci\u003eSuspended Sentences\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eDora Bruder\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e, \u003c\/i\u003e and other novels. In this work he re-creates the louche, unstable, colorful world of his parents under the German Occupation; his childhood in a household of circus performers and gangsters; and his formative friendship with the writer Raymond Queneau. While acknowledging that memory is never assured, Modiano recalls with painful clarity the most haunting moments of his early life, such as the death of his ten-year-old brother. \u003ci\u003ePedigree\u003c\/i\u003e, Modiano's only memoir, is a gift to his readers and a master key to the themes that have inspired his writing life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-237194\"\u003ePatrick Modiano\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Yale University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/25\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 144\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.50h x 4.60w x 0.50d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780300223613\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0300223617\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO007000\"\u003eLiterary Figures\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO026000\"\u003ePersonal Memoirs\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS013000\"\u003eEurope | France\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePatrick Modiano\u003c\/b\u003e, winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize for literature and an internationally beloved novelist, lives in Paris, France. \u003cb\u003eMark Polizzotti \u003c\/b\u003ehas translated more than forty books from the French and is director of the publications program at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Yale University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51141405507871,"sku":"9780300223613","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/6953\/0143\/files\/img_a18a1651-063d-4e31-989c-a33883a5e31b.jpg?v=1755672428","url":"https:\/\/www.mocorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/pedigree-a-memoir-9780300223613","provider":"MOCorrectionsbookstore.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}