La Place de l'Étoile by Patrick Modiano

La Place de l'Étoile

Trilogie « de l'Occupation » #1

Patrick Modiano with Frank Wynne (Translator)

160 pages first pub 1968 (editions)

fiction historical reflective slow-paced
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Description

We are immediately plunged into the hallucinatory imagination of Raphaël Schlemilovitch, a young Jewish man, torn between self-aggrandisement and self-loathing, who may be the heir to a Venezuelan fortune, may have lived during the Nazi Occupation...

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Community Reviews

2.87
based on 122 reviews

Moods

dark: 66%

adventurous: 33%

challenging: 33%

sad: 33%

funny: 16%

mysterious: 16%

reflective: 16%


Pace

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28% of readers chose medium
14% of readers chose slow
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Plot or character driven?

14% of readers chose A mix
85% of readers chose Character
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Character

Strong character development?

14% of readers chose Yes
42% of readers chose Complicated
42% of readers chose No
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Loveable characters?

100% of readers chose No
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Diverse cast of characters?

60% of readers chose Yes
20% of readers chose Complicated
20% of readers chose No
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Flaws of characters a main focus?

100% of readers chose Yes
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