Second-hand book "Sunday in August" [90% new]

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2014 Nobel Prize in Literature Winners

Patrick Modiano

"Awakens the memory of the most unpredictable human destiny"

——Award speech from the Nobel Prize in Literature Committee

Contents:

The summer of that year was particularly hot. The narrator "I" and Sylvia traveled from the Marne River Valley in Paris to the southern city of Nice and lived in a musty apartment. They were convinced that no one would find them here, and they would forget everything and start from scratch in this strange city. Sylvia wore a precious diamond "Southern Cross". They planned to find a buyer, sell the diamond and leave. An American couple, Mr. and Mrs. Neil, got into their "spider web". Just when the deal was about to be concluded, an accident happened... Seven years later, "I" came to Nice again and met an old friend on the street, and the painful past came to my mind.