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In Search Of Lost Time, Vol 5

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ISBN: 9780099362616    Publisher: Random House Year of publishing: 1996     Format:  Paperback No of Pages: 832        Language: English
THE ACCLAIMED FULLY REVISED EDITION OF THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF AND KILMARTIN TRANSLATION

In the two novels - 'The Captive' and 'The Fugitive '- contained in this volume, Proust's narrator is living in his mother's...Read more
THE ACCLAIMED FULLY REVISED EDITION OF THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF AND KILMARTIN TRANSLATION

In the two novels - 'The Captive' and 'The Fugitive '- contained in this volume, Proust's narrator is living in his mother's apartment in Paris with his lover, Albertine. However, this is far from an idyllic state of affai His obsessive love for her means that their relationship is shadowed by jealousy and headed for tragedy.
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About the author: 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.... Read more
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 night, writing letters and devoting himself to the completion of 'A la recherche du temps perdu. 'He died in 1922 before publication of the last three volumes of his great life's work.
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Review:
Oh if I could write like that!" -- Virginia Woolf "One of the cornerstones of the Western literary canon" The Times "Proust sinks deepest in readers because the book is so exhaustively analytical,...Read more
Oh if I could write like that!" -- Virginia Woolf "One of the cornerstones of the Western literary canon" The Times "Proust sinks deepest in readers because the book is so exhaustively analytical, so ceaselessly truthful... The experience of reading [the book] becomes, in itself, an unforgettable thing" Independent "The way he replicates the workings of the mind changed the art of novel-writing forever...his style is extraordinary, enveloping, captivating" Guardian "There are many who swear the experience has permanently enriched their lives" Daily Mail
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