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In Search of Lost Time
Marcel Proust
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Description for In Search of Lost Time
paperback. Describes the class tensions of a changing France at the beginning of the twentieth century and exposes the decadence of aristocratic Parisian society and muses upon the subjects of homosexuality and sexual jealousy. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Kilmartin, Terence; Enright, D. J. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 128 x 39. Weight in Grams: 460.
THE ACCLAIMED FULLY REVISED EDITION OF THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF AND KILMARTIN TRANSLATION
In Sodom and Gomorrah Proust's narrator not only depicts the class tensions of a changing France at the beginning of the twentieth century but also exposes the decadence of aristocratic Parisian society and muses upon the subjects of homosexuality and sexual jealousy.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
656
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099362517
SKU
9780099362517
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About Marcel Proust
Marcel Proust was born in Auteuil in 1871. In his twenties he became a conspicuous society figure, frequenting the most fashionable Paris salons of the day. After 1889, however, his suffering from chronic asthma, the death of his parents and his growing disillustionment with humanity caused him to lead an increasingly retired life. He slept by day and worked by ... Read more
Reviews for In Search of Lost Time
A giant miniature, full of images, of superimposed gardens, of games conducted between space and time
Jean Cocteau One of the cornerstones of the Western literary canon
The Times
Proust isn't just the most profound of novelists, but the most entertaining, too
Independent
The way he replicates the workings of the mind changed the art ... Read more
Jean Cocteau One of the cornerstones of the Western literary canon
The Times
Proust isn't just the most profound of novelists, but the most entertaining, too
Independent
The way he replicates the workings of the mind changed the art ... Read more