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The Guermantes Way (Hardcover)
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The Guermantes Way (Hardcover)
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Loot Price R594
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The Guermantes Way (1920/21) is the third volume of Marcel Proust's
seven-part novel In Search of Lost Time. Written while Proust was
virtually confined to his bedroom from a lifelong respiratory
illness, The Guermantes Way is a story of memory, history, family,
and romance from a master of Modernist literature. Praised by
Virginia Woolf, Vladimir Nabokov, Michael Chabon, and Graham
Greene, In Search of Lost Time explores the nature of memory and
time while illuminating the history of homosexuality in nineteenth
century Europe. The narrator moves to an apartment neighboring the
home of the aristocratic Guermantes family. He soon grows obsessed
with the beautiful Mme. de Guermantes, who refuses his invitation
to meet. Disappointed, he rekindles his friendship with her nephew
Saint-Loup, a soldier who introduces him to the salon of Mme. de
Villeparisis. There, he observes Mme. de Guermantes up close, but
soon loses interest as he attempts to pursue Mme. de Stermaria.
Only then, as his attention wavers, does he receive an invite to
the Guermantes home. As he grows and learns, he begins to recognize
the reality concealed by convention: the secret liaisons between
lovers; the petty competitions of artists; the fleeting nature of
affection and lust alike. Written in flowing prose, The Guermantes
Way is a masterpiece of twentieth century fiction that continues to
entertain and astound over a century after it appeared in print.
With a beautifully designed cover and professionally typeset
manuscript, this edition of Marcel Proust's The Guermantes Way is a
classic work of French literature reimagined for modern readers.
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