"It has taken more than 40 years for this small masterpiece by the Nobel prize-winner to find its English translation from the original French. The wait has been worthwhile. . . This great novel is infused with nostalgia for a lost time, place and people so intimately described that Victor's memories begin to feel like our own."
-Guardian "A French Nobel laureate's beguiling 1975 novel about an elusive young man's memory of love and friendship. . . Beautifully translated by John Cullen, this novel does not dip into that "life-world" of the French Occupation, but it does bear out the rest of the Nobel citation in being a seductive and at times poignant exploration of memory."
–Minneapolis Star-Tribune
"Like all of Modiano's novels, this is a brilliant evocation of guilt and memory."
-Catholic Herald Adding more color to Modiano's exquisite palette; highly recommended.
–Library Journal Starred Review Nobel Prize-winning French writer Modiano develops his now-trademark demimonde of secrets kept and personae doffed and donned . . . A brilliant evocation of place, memory, and loss, shot through with an aching nostalgia.
–Kirkus Reviews "Beautifully translated by Cullen, [Villa Triste] is more substantial and satisfying than much of what has appeared thus far from Nobel laureate Modiano.
–Booklist
