Patrick Modiano — Paris Nocturne | Book review

This is the second book I read by Modiano and what struck me right away was: this guy has a deep bond with geographic locations. I mean, as humans beings we all do and well, stories do develop in places. But the way Modiano writes about places is very intimate, he made me feel as if the places where main characters of the story too, more important to him than time and probably even than the people.
Throughout my life I have had an uncommon relationship with places with land. I traveled most of my childhood and therefore I feel like I belong a little to al the places that I went. I made new friends, found favorite places to hang out and just adapted to the circumstances. I found that happening in this book, characters that move often but develop roots in each place, memories that lend their flavor to the place: bitter, sweet, sour.
Paris Nocturne is the story of a young man who after being in an accident starts to remember a part of his childhood he had completely forgotten. He then, tries to find the lady that ran him over so he can uncover what his memory hides.
I throughly enjoyed this story, and the way in which Modiano kept me entangled in his story, how he drew me in so that I actually cared how the events turned out for this man.
If by any chance I got you interested in this book, you can find here Goodreads description of the book and the link to it where you can look into it more.
This uneasy, compelling novel begins with a nighttime accident on the streets of Paris. The unnamed narrator, a teenage boy, is hit by a car whose driver he vaguely recalls having met before. The mysterious ensuing events, involving a police van, a dose of ether, awakening in a strange hospital, and the disappearance of the woman driver, culminate in a packet being pressed into the boy’s hand. It is an envelope stuffed full of bank notes. The confusion only deepens as the characters grow increasingly apprehensive; meanwhile, readers are held spellbound.