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In *Dora Bruder*, Patrick Modiano is drawn into a decade‑long search after discovering a 1941 New Year’s Eve advertisement in *Paris Soir* placed by the parents of a missing Jewish girl. With only two official records—her disappearance and a 1942 deportation list—Modiano digs into archives, interviews relatives, and revisits the streets of occupied Paris. The narrative becomes a meditation on the loss of people, stories, and history during the Nazi occupation and the Vichy regime, as he seeks to piece together Dora’s brief, unrecorded life.
First publish date: 1997
Genre: Biography & Autobiography/Biography
Authors: Patrick Modiano
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