Kristina Kohoutová
Patrick Modiano is a present writer who retrieves the past in many novels. His domain covers a period since the second word war especially the French Occupation and extends up to 60´s and 70´s. Modiano´s writing is characteristic with the quest for identity and human roots. The notion of time and space represents a very important category in Modiano´s novels both reflecting a hidden presence of his father and giving very exact description of the atmosphere and environment during these difficult days of French history. We will try to demonstrate the role of time and space in the father-son relation