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Clouded memories: Ballerina, by Patrick Modiano, reviewed

An ageing narrator looks back 50 years to ‘a most uncertain’ period of his life in Paris and his relationship with a mysterious, elusive ballet dancer

Frank Lawton
Patrick Modiano.  Photo Catherine Helie © Editions Gallimard
EXPLORE THE ISSUE 08 March 2025
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  • Ballerina

    Patrick Modiano, translated by Mark Polizzotti

    Yale, pp. 122, £14

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