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A review by aaronrosenblum
So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood by Patrick Modiano, Euan Cameron
2.0
This is an excellent first half of a supsenseful novel about memory and the pasts we forget and make for ourselves. How Modiano got away with not writing literally any conclusion to the story (either the noirish first part or the flashback in the 1950s/60s) I will never know. I literally looked to make sure my copy wasn't missing pages lol.
Is that the point? Yeah, obviously. Is it lazy? Arguable - my hot take might be that coming up with a satisfying or even mechanically sufficient ending is an underrated challenge, and establishing mood and theme - while not easy - are not necessarily compensatory. Is it experimental? ... Sure? But what is the experiment doing?
Is that the point? Yeah, obviously. Is it lazy? Arguable - my hot take might be that coming up with a satisfying or even mechanically sufficient ending is an underrated challenge, and establishing mood and theme - while not easy - are not necessarily compensatory. Is it experimental? ... Sure? But what is the experiment doing?