Little Jewel

Description

One day in the corridors of the Metro, 19-year-old Ther se sees a woman in a yellow coat. Could this be her mother? Who called her Little Jewel? But didn't her mother die in Morocco years earlier? She follows the woman, hoping to find answers to questions that have haunted her since childhood. As Ther se describes her elusive memories, travelling around Paris, she reveals how every corner of the city recalls the past.

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'Little Jewel is Modiano's Madame Bovary.' Jerome Garcin, Le Nouvel Observateur 'Modiano is the poet of the Occupation and a spokesman for the disappeared.' Guardian 'Throughout these books, Modiano tackles thoughtfully and with great imaginative sympathy, that most necessary and problematic part of the human psyche - our relationship with the past.' Age/SMH 'These novels [Paris Nocturne and Little Jewel] are not just a collection of marks on a collection of pages but a metaphysical archive of a time of complex personal and collective trauma. In Modiano, the city is a mirror, each of its streets a palimpsest. We gain access to an inner life that otherwise goes undetected.' Australian 'A short book, that can easily be read in a single sitting, and given the mood it creates it is probably advisable to do such. This is another novel in translation that uses elusive memories and nostalgia to reveal an identity. An original voice and a decent introduction to Modiano's work.' Messy Booker 'Strange, wonderful and very French.' Daily Telegraph