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A review by sarratbb
Dora Bruder by Patrick Modiano
4.0
This was a recommendation. I loved reading it. The writing is immaculate. The amount of geographical accuracy (street names and stuff) is crazy. I liked that the author puts an emphasis on details like dates and serial numbers even though it does not seem necessary. This was the story of Dora Bruder, a Jewish French teenage girl of Austrian and Hungarian origins living in France during the German occupation (WWII). The narrator (author?) finds a missing person article (of Dora) in an old newspaper and he becomes fascinated by her and goes on a mission to find anything regarding her, her family, her education, and eventually her disappearance.In parallel, the writer seems to go back into his childhood and adolescence memories to find similarities between him and Dora, like their struggles with the German police as Jews (I did my research, this isn't a bad word, and I do not intend it as a slur but as an abbreviation). This is why I shelved this novel in both "fiction" and "non-fiction" because it contains both elements (the fictional yet very realistic story of Dora, and the real autobiographical parts). The last thing I will say is I enjoyed the literature references, to authors or books which I will mention here :
- [b:Les Misérables|24280|Les Misérables|Victor Hugo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1411852091l/24280._SY75_.jpg|3208463] by [a:Victor Hugo|13661|Victor Hugo|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1415946858p2/13661.jpg]
- [b:Voyage de noces|23375683|Voyage de noces|Patrick Modiano|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1492188409l/23375683._SY75_.jpg|314235] (by the author himself)
- [a:Friedo Lampe|54432|Friedo Lampe|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1540226683p2/54432.jpg] ([b:Au bord de la nuit|59664181|Au bord de la nuit|Friedo Lampe|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1637488625l/59664181._SX50_.jpg|21310092])
- Couldn't find him on here but : Félix Hardaub
- [a:Roger Gilbert-Lecomte|206810|Roger Gilbert-Lecomte|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1238039240p2/206810.jpg] ([b:La Vie l'Amour la Mort le Vide et le Vent|40672871|La Vie l'Amour la Mort le Vide et le Vent|Roger Gilbert-Lecomte|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1530328802l/40672871._SY75_.jpg|63236798])
- [b:La Place de l’Étoile|323535|La Place de l’Étoile|Patrick Modiano|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1472890343l/323535._SY75_.jpg|314240] (by the author himself)
- [b:La Place de l'Étoile: Antipoème|1514148|La Place de l'Étoile Antipoème|Robert Desnos|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1184533377l/1514148._SX50_.jpg|1505824] (by [a:Robert Desnos|341972|Robert Desnos|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1655519966p2/341972.jpg])
- [a:JEAN JAUSION|23310406|JEAN JAUSION|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] ([b:UN HOMME MARCHE DANS LA VILLE|75385076|UN HOMME MARCHE DANS LA VILLE (BLANCHE)|JEAN JAUSION|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1672275436l/75385076._SX50_.jpg|100610556])
Spoiler
Through that mission, we come to learn that she was taken in concentration camps along with her family (and eventually to Auschwitz).- [b:Les Misérables|24280|Les Misérables|Victor Hugo|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1411852091l/24280._SY75_.jpg|3208463] by [a:Victor Hugo|13661|Victor Hugo|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1415946858p2/13661.jpg]
- [b:Voyage de noces|23375683|Voyage de noces|Patrick Modiano|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1492188409l/23375683._SY75_.jpg|314235] (by the author himself)
- [a:Friedo Lampe|54432|Friedo Lampe|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1540226683p2/54432.jpg] ([b:Au bord de la nuit|59664181|Au bord de la nuit|Friedo Lampe|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1637488625l/59664181._SX50_.jpg|21310092])
- Couldn't find him on here but : Félix Hardaub
- [a:Roger Gilbert-Lecomte|206810|Roger Gilbert-Lecomte|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1238039240p2/206810.jpg] ([b:La Vie l'Amour la Mort le Vide et le Vent|40672871|La Vie l'Amour la Mort le Vide et le Vent|Roger Gilbert-Lecomte|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1530328802l/40672871._SY75_.jpg|63236798])
- [b:La Place de l’Étoile|323535|La Place de l’Étoile|Patrick Modiano|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1472890343l/323535._SY75_.jpg|314240] (by the author himself)
- [b:La Place de l'Étoile: Antipoème|1514148|La Place de l'Étoile Antipoème|Robert Desnos|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1184533377l/1514148._SX50_.jpg|1505824] (by [a:Robert Desnos|341972|Robert Desnos|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1655519966p2/341972.jpg])
- [a:JEAN JAUSION|23310406|JEAN JAUSION|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] ([b:UN HOMME MARCHE DANS LA VILLE|75385076|UN HOMME MARCHE DANS LA VILLE (BLANCHE)|JEAN JAUSION|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1672275436l/75385076._SX50_.jpg|100610556])