{"product_id":"villa-triste-paperback","title":"Villa Triste Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eOne of the most original and seductive novels by the winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAt the outbreak of the Algerian war, a young man who calls himself Victor Chmara flees Paris for a small lakeside town on the border of France and Switzerland.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIt's here that he meets the flamboyant doctor René Meinthe and the mysterious auburn-haired Yvonne. Victor quickly embraces their world of pageants, soirees and late-night debauchery, and settles into an endless summer with Yvonne.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBut René and Yvonne's lives are also full of unanswered questions and half-truths. As he looks back years later, Victor remains beguiled by those lost, unknowable friends, and the half-forgotten, enchanted place he chose to leave behind.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eOne of Modiano's most elegiac and haunting novels, Villa Triste is an intoxicating investigation into identity, place and memory.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Daunt Books","offers":[{"title":"978-1907970931","offer_id":50569855435058,"sku":"Villa Triste Paperback","price":30.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0718\/8922\/3986\/files\/91GTXtBRnOL._SL1500.jpg?v=1761899524","url":"https:\/\/greylooponline.com\/products\/villa-triste-paperback","provider":"greylooponline.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}