{"product_id":"out-of-the-dark-patrick-modiano-9780803231962","title":"Out of the Dark","description":"\u003cp\u003ePatrick Modiano, winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, is the author of more than thirty books and one of France's most admired contemporary novelists. \u003ci\u003eOut of the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e is a moody, expertly rendered tale of a love affair between two drifters. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe narrator, writing in 1995, looks back thirty years to a time when, having abandoned his studies and selling off old art books to get by, he comes to know G駻ard Van Bever and Jacqueline, a young, enigmatic couple who seem to live off roulette winnings. He falls in love with Jacqueline; they run off to England together, where they share a few sad, aimless months, until one day she disappears. Fifteen years later, in Paris, they meet again, a reunion that only recalls the haunting inaccessibility of the past: they spend a few hours together, and the next day, Jacqueline, now married, disappears once again. Almost fifteen years after that, he sees her yet again, this time from a distance he chooses not to bridge. A profoundly affecting novel, \u003ci\u003eOut of the Dark\u003c\/i\u003e is poignant, strange, delicate, melancholy, and sadly hilarious.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Patrick Modiano\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803231962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803231962\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 139\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.72lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.27h x 5.72w x 0.63d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/21\/1998 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/15\/1998 pg. 1490\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 01\/10\/1999 pg. 18\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/1998\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patrick Modiano","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43926182330623,"sku":"9780803231962","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_c6c2b79d-74b3-45fb-8204-85c8e5156cf6.jpg?v=1681081657","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/out-of-the-dark-patrick-modiano-9780803231962","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}