Patrick Modiano, winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Literature, feels like he has “a double,” and writes a novel about a man whose identity is in pieces

In regard to winning the Nobel Prize, Mr. Modiano said, “It felt like looking at a double, as if we were celebrating somebody who had my name.” (quoted in today’s Wall Street Journal)

“His most famous works include Missing Person, an existential thriller about a man who travels the world trying to piece together his identity.” (from today’s New York Times)