{"product_id":"9781408867884-the-occupation-trilogy","title":"The Occupation Trilogy","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLa Place de l'Étoile – The Night Watch – Ring Roads\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brisk, smart, witty, elliptical\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e. Recalls the directors of the New Wave .\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eBracing and brilliant' \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Brisk, smart, witty, elliptical\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e. Recalls the directors of the New Wave .\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003eBracing and brilliant'\u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen Patrick Modiano was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature he was praised for using the ‘art of memory’ to bring to life the Occupation of Paris during the Second World War. Born in 1945, Modiano’s brilliant, angry writings burst onto the Parisian literary scene and caused a storm.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHis first, ferociously satirical novel, \u003ci\u003eLa Place de l’Étoile\u003c\/i\u003e, was remarkable in seriously questioning both Nazi collaboration in France and the myths of the Gaullist era. \u003ci\u003eThe Night Watch\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of a man caught between his work for the French Gestapo and for a Resistance cell. \u003ci\u003eRing Roads \u003c\/i\u003erecounts a son’s search for his Jewish father, who disappeared ten years previously. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese brilliant, almost hallucinatory, evocations of the Occupation attempt to exorcise the past by exploring the morally ambiguous worlds of collaboration and resistance.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40943842721889,"sku":"9781408867884","price":13.54,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_27155018.jpg?v=1721549275","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781408867884-the-occupation-trilogy","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}