Struggle for identity is a main principle of any literature. Literature is a source of inspiration for all ages, which is proved through with its different genres. Fiction of Patrick Modiano is not exceptional to this. Modiano’s childhood life was not stable. He was born on 30^th July 1945in France. He was brought up by his Flemish maternal grandparents. He confesses that his elementary education didn’t take place properly due to his parents’ background. In his childhood he used to speak only Flemish and later who became a French writer which is surprising for the lovers of literature. This journey to get him Nobel Prize for literature in 2014. His writing contains full of struggle and trying to make his identity in the society with his past. Till 2014 his most of the work was translated in more than thirty languages. Simultaneously Modiano has portrayed plight, loss and status of Jew community in his most of the writings. Almost his all narrators reveal his own life as in The Search Warrant. The Search Warrant is an autobiography where he is trying to recollect his past with his shattered memories. In the critical point of view he tried his level best to uncover the plight and situation of Jews during the Second World War. In throughout the novel Modiano is recollecting his memories with the help of protagonist. It was mandatory for Jews in France to report themselves to police in 1940. And Dora a fifteen year girl was not reported and a missing report was filled. As usual his father Ernest also was not reported to police being a Jew and the consequences are the same for Dora and for his father in the future. Memory recollection is a major finding of The Search Warrant. His fiction gives much importance to time; time is dominant in his novels. He searches his past with his characters. His childhood was not a normal one and he repents for it in his most of the works. His mania to look in past and to search something which is lost is a main principle of his writing. There are ample of evidences in his writing which uncover that Jews were not treated properly in those days.

Keywords: Patrick Modiano, Search Warrant, Autobiography, Shattered Memories.