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A review by jonfaith
So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood by Patrick Modiano, Euan Cameron
4.0
Many years afterwards, we attempt to solve puzzles that were not mysteries at the time and we try to decipher half-obliterated letters from a language that is too old and whose alphabet we don't even know.
Welcome to a simple yet disturbing turn. Modiano provides a world where the pieces don't quite fit. There are gaps and incongruities here. Chance encounters jar an author from his solitude. He himself is expected to provide answers, which only disorients him further. Insert citations about Noir and Beckett: I am not sure that will help. This is a fresh voice, even if the material appears familiar, almost recalled -- in fact.
I am not sure I could have appreciated this if I was younger. There is something about the mind's blind spots and our self-editing which doesn't reveal itself until a few streaks of gray have adorned our weary heads.
Welcome to a simple yet disturbing turn. Modiano provides a world where the pieces don't quite fit. There are gaps and incongruities here. Chance encounters jar an author from his solitude. He himself is expected to provide answers, which only disorients him further. Insert citations about Noir and Beckett: I am not sure that will help. This is a fresh voice, even if the material appears familiar, almost recalled -- in fact.
I am not sure I could have appreciated this if I was younger. There is something about the mind's blind spots and our self-editing which doesn't reveal itself until a few streaks of gray have adorned our weary heads.