Kawakami (French, U. of Cambridge) examines the work of contemporary French novelist Patrick Modiano in order to reveal its postmodern nature. In contrast to Modiano's self-professed ingenuousness, Ka
Travellers' Visions adds another perspective to ongoing debates over colonialism with an examination of the intercultural relations between France, a major colonial empire for nearly three centuries,
Conceived as a second edition to Kawakami's acclaimed A Self-Conscious Art, which was the first full-length study in English of Patrick Modiano's work, this book has been comprehensively updated with
Why do photographs interest writers, especially autobiographical writers? Ever since their invention, photographs have featured — as metaphors, as absent inspirations, and latterly as actual objects —
A Self-Conscious Art is the first full-length study in English to attempt to deal with the formal complexities of Modiano’s work, by reading "against the grain" of his self-professed ingenuousness. A
