Find interviews of the author on his favorite themes of memory and identity research, on the sets of his novels; Topics on winning the Goncourt Prize in 1978 and the Nobel Prize in 2014.
The 1978 Goncourt Prize was awarded to Patrick MODIANO for his book "Rue des boutiques obscures". At Café Drouant, journalists and photographers assail Armand LANOUX who asks for silence to announce the winner. These images are followed by an interview of Patrick MODIANO on his novel: "[...] We can not always try to find his identity [...] these are problems that are related to youth, to adolescence, we must try to do something different..." He is afraid to disappoint his readers and seeks to start from scratch with each new novel.
Patrick MODIANO talks about his novel "Un cirque passe", whose atmosphere evokes the Paris of the 60s. If he did not try to situate the novel in this period, he nevertheless recognizes that the nostalgia that emerges from it makes us think: "[...] with the hindsight of time obviously we see things in a way... with a luminosity a little... peculiar."
Patrick MODIANO has just published his first two novels, "La place de l'étoile" and 'La ronde de nuit". Interviewed by a young journalist, he talks about his favourite themes, including identifying an attacker: "From the moment someone wants to kill you or hurt you, it is more interesting to try to talk with him."
Invited to the Apostrophes plateau for the release of "Quartier perdu", Patrick MODIANO explains that this is a black novel about Paris. The capital is the main character of the novel, and especially the right bank, which MODIANO considers "exotic" because he spent his childhood on the left bank.
The writer Patrick MODIANO received the 2014 Nobel Prize for Literature for his entire work. He thus became the fifteenth Frenchman to receive this prestigious distinction. In an interview and then in a press conference, he confides his surprise to the journalists: "I didn’t expect at all, it was as if I dissociated a little [...] it was like a double [...] it’s a little unreal to be confronted with these people I remember, as a child, as a teenager, who were chosen by this Nobel Prize." He is curious to know why the jury awarded him this prize.
Invited to the Apostrophes plateau to evoke his latest book, "Livret de famille", Patrick MODIANO explains the importance of memories in his work. In his novels, some memories have been invented, others are true. Bernard PIVOT has a hard time unravelling the true from the false!
Patrick MODIANO tries to explain to Bernard PIVOT the process of identifying the female character in his latest novel, "La petite Bijou". For him, "It’s a bit like hearing someone on the radio [...] and transcribing what she said." The character "becomes almost like a twin sister" with whom he lives daily. Thanks to the female character, writing in the first person of the singular proved easier than in his other novels.