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Interview Details
Title & Link
Patrick Modiano: ‘I became a prisoner of my memories of Paris’ | Books | The Guardian
Publish Date
October 31, 2015
Interviewees
Patrick Modiano
Interviewers
Euan Cameron
Publisher
The Guardian
Topics
characters based on real people
destruction of old Paris areas
impact of past on writing
impact of war on Modiano's life and work
memories of Paris
new novel
Parisian geography in Modiano's work
specific naming of Paris streets in novels
People Mentioned
Albert
Anne Hidalgo
Dominique
Hélène Berr
Louisa Colpeyn
Works Mentioned
Afterimage
Flowers of Ruin
In the Café of Lost Youth
La Place de l’Etoile
Night Rounds
Paris Nocturne
Pedigree
So You Don’t Get Lost in the Neighbourhood
The Black Notebook
The Horizon
The Search Warrant
Places Mentioned
Boulevard Périphérique
Continent Contrescarpe
Les Deux Magots cafe
Montparnasse cemetery
Paris
Petite Ceinture
Pigalle district
Place Blanche
Place du Panthéon
Promenade Dora Bruder
Quartier Val‑de-Grâce
Rue Belliard
Rue Dauphine
Rue Fontaine
Rue Frochot
Rue Lauriston
Rue Leibniz
Square de Graisivaudan
Théâtre Fontaine
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