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Patrick Modiano's - Le Cafe de la Jeunesse perdue - a novel of Postmodern wandering

Author(s): Iuliana Paştin
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Pro Universitaria
Keywords: nostalgia; stroll; neighborhoods; freedom; identity;

Summary/Abstract: The novel -In the Coffy of lost Youth- which we propose to analyse is a hymn to melancholy, sweetness, nostalgia. This is the atmosphere of Paris in the 60's. In the heart of the Left Bank neighborhoods, stroll the freedom-lovng people in the search of an ideal, leading a life which has no meaning for them, looking for rest from the bustle of their hearts. The Cafe Conde , visited by a few annoyed intellectuals , writers and dissatisfied students, represents the meeting place of a sum of individuals who are looking for something without knowing very well what that is.

  • Issue Year: 2011
  • Issue No: 1
  • Page Range: 112-122
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: French