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Suspended Sentences
By Patrick Modiano
232 pages;
Yale University Press
If you haven't heard of this year's Nobel Prize winner for literature, Patrick Modiano, you're not alone. His books are relatively unknown outside his native France, but his portrayals of wartime France and the 1960s read like black-and-white photographs—haunting, wistful, and unforgettable. Start with the prize winner's newest novel to be translated into English.
— Leigh Newman
Published 11/17/2014
