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MODIANO, PATRICK: : The Black Notebook. [Translated from the French by Mark Polizzotti.]

LONDON.MacLehose Press/an imprint of Quercus Publishing Ltd.,2016.

ISBN 9780857054890.

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn. [Originally and first published as 'L'herbes de nuits.' by Editions Gallimard,PARIS,in 2012.Complete number line 10 - 1 descending.] FINE/FINE+. No owner inscrptn but a price-clip to dw/dj.Bright,crisp, clean,matt,4-colour block (black,grey dark and light green) illustrated front+spine with author's capitalised,matt white-lettered name; mat white-lettered title and a critic's matt white-lettered review to front's lower edge and an small orange roundel with black-lettered 'Winner of the NOBEL PRIZE for Literature' legend within.Spine/backstrip with continuation of front's illustration with author's capitalised,matt,white-lettered surname and similarly coloured+lettered title as front's and publisher's matt white-lettered+white illustrated name and colophon respectively to foot of same,rear panel of dw/dj with matt black background with critics' white-lettered reviews and their green lettered names.Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright,crisp and clean without toning or foxing/spotting; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages' corners,appears unread other than my collation.Publisher's bright,crisp,unblemished, sharp-cornered,original plain black cloth boards with bright,crisp,blocked gilt-lettering to spine/backstrip,a red+white chequered headband and immaculate plain black endpapers.UK,8vo HB+ dw/dj,1st edn,5-157pp [paginated] includes unnumbered divisions rather than chapters; plus [unpaginated] half-title+title page,and to the rear,author+translator's potted biographies as last page.                             Visually the external appearance is exceptional,and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/state of preservation and presentation.It really is an exceptional,exemplary example for it's brightness,cleanliness and lack of other or age-acquired detracting faults usually encountered in a book of a comparable age.                    "What would you say if I'd done something really serious? . . . What would you say if I'd murdered somebody?"                              A writer discovers a set of notes in his notebook and sets off on a journey through the Paris of his past,in search of the woman he loved forty years previously.   Along the Left Bank and through the Montparnasse district,Jean retraces the nocturnal footsteps he left decades earlier.Struggling to remember what brought him into contact with a gang that frequented the Hotel Unie,his quest through seedy cafes and cheap hotels becomes an enquiry into a mysterious woman who once tried to admit to a terrible crime. Haunting and illusive,this mesmerising fusion of the present and the Paris of old becomes the backdrop for an investigation that takes place on the very border between dreams and reality.    In the aftermath of Algeria s war of independence,Paris was a city rife with suspicion and barely suppressed violence.Amid this tension, Jean, a young writer adrift, met and fell for Dannie, an enigmatic woman fleeing a troubled past.A half century later,with his old black notebook as a guide,he retraces this fateful period in his life,recounting how, through Dannie,he became mixed up with a group of unsavory characters connected by a shadowy crime. Soon Jean,too,was a person of interest to the detective pursuing their case a detective who would prove instrumental in revealing Dannie s darkest secret. 'The Black Notebook' bears all the hallmarks of this Nobel Prize winning literary master's unsettling and intensely atmospheric style.Once again,Patrick Modiano invites us into his unique world,a Paris infused with melancholy,uncertain danger,and the fading echoes of lost love.   Please contact the seller,particularly ALL overseas buyers for correct,insured shipping/P+p quotes BEFORE placing your order,especially if ordering any multiples.   N.B. ALL buyers please note,stock(s') shipping quotes are adjusted for any refunds AFTER receipt of order and BEFORE the despatch of the order,especially if the item is offered either P+p included/FREE. ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware:  Standard US AIRMAIL to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **                      

UK,slim,small 8vo HB+dw/dj,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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