Quote of the day
The basis of tragedy is man's helplessness against disease, war and death; the basis of comedy is man's helplessness against vanity (the vanity of love, greed, lust, power).
Patrick Modiano
Born: July 30, 1945 (age 79)
Bio: Jean Patrick Modiano is a French novelist and recipient of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature.
Known for:
- Dora Bruder (1997)
- Missing Person (1978)
- La Place de l'étoile (1968)
- So You Don't Get Lost in the Neighborhood (2015)
- Suspended Sentences: Three Novellas (2006)