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In Search of Lost Time
Marcel Proust
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Description for In Search of Lost Time
Paperback. Years after the First World War's end, the narrator returns to Paris. He reflects on time, reality, jealousy, artistic creation, and the raw material of literature - his past life. Translator(s): Scott-Moncrieff, C. K.; Kilmartin, Terence; Enright, D. J. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 488.
THE ACCLAIMED FULLY REVISED EDITION OF THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF AND KILMARTIN TRANSLATION
Time Regained begins in the bleak and uncertain years of World War I. Years later, after the war's end, Proust's narrator returns to Paris and reflects on time, reality, jealousy, artistic creation, and the raw material of literature - his past life.
This edition includes the indispensable A Guide to Proust, compiled by Terence Kilmartin and revised by Joanna Kilmartin.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
704
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099362715
SKU
9780099362715
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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
As close to being a definitive version of the great novel as we are likely to get
Scotsman
Sublime... In Proust's interweaving of romantic delusions, the glory of the descriptions, as the narrator strives to recapture the past, redeems everyone
John Updike The way he replicates the workings of the mind changed the art of novel-writing forever...his ... Read more
Scotsman
Sublime... In Proust's interweaving of romantic delusions, the glory of the descriptions, as the narrator strives to recapture the past, redeems everyone
John Updike The way he replicates the workings of the mind changed the art of novel-writing forever...his ... Read more