法國作家帕特里克·莫迪亞諾以書寫記憶見長。他在對記憶的描摹中時常穿插描寫夢幻與錯覺,這些獨特的時刻作為記憶的補充,借助內化了的非線性時間,與記憶書寫一同構建了德勒茲在電影分析中提出的"潛在影像"。夢幻與錯覺作為記憶的特殊形式與現實有著一對多的呼應關系,使作者的敘事在不同層面上進行,又與現實有著緊密關聯,為人物的行為做了充分的心理鋪墊。"潛在影像"為小說平添了幾分充滿想象力和創造性的影像感。作家創造的不同于現實世界的潛在世界成為我們在生活之外對生活進行遙望的方法,為人類命運的記錄提供了另一種可能。

French novelist Patrick Modiano often describes memory. In his description, we can also read the description of illusions and dreams. By means of the internal non-linear time, these particular moments, together with the memony writing, constitute in his novels "virtual images" proposed by Deleuze. As a special form of memory, dreams and illusions have a one-to-many relationship with reality, making the narrative of the author develop at different levels and remain closely related to reality. The description of illusions and dreams uncovers the characters’ psychology which in turn helps to explain their behavior. The "virtual images" add a sense of image full of imagination and creation. Dreams and illusions become a virtual word diffrent from the real world, which makes his art a unique way of gaining an insight of life. His art is thus recognized as an alternative approach to recording human destiny.