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Sodom and Gomorrah
Marcel Proust; Contributions by Mint Editions
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R541
R367
Discovery Miles 3 670
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Marcel Proust's classic novel Swann's Way is replete with
recollections of the distant past. This is the first volume of the
acclaimed series: Remembrance of Things Past, also named In Search
of Lost Time. Originally written and published in 1909, this
premier entry in Proust's series contains some of the finest prose
fiction Proust ever authored. Although lengthy, no sacrifice is
made with the signature style Proust had cultivated by the time he
commenced Swann's Way - recollections are written relentlessly, of
places, names, items and other such paraphernalia of life. The
narrator gradually builds up a plot surrounding his own life and
activities. The titular character, Charles Swann is an associate of
the narrator's family who receives particular interest in the
story. The first scene recounts a dinner in which Swann was in
attendance, noting his characteristics. By stages, a compelling
story unfolds with Swann's affections for the former courtesan
Odette de Crecy explored.
Presented for the first time in English, the recently discovered
early manuscripts of the twentieth century's most towering literary
figure offer uncanny glimpses of his emerging genius and the
creation of his masterpiece. One of the most significant literary
events of the century, the discovery of manuscript pages containing
early drafts of Marcel Proust's In Search of Lost Time put an end
to a decades-long search for the Proustian grail. The Paris
publisher Bernard de Fallois claimed to have viewed the folios, but
doubts about their existence emerged when none appeared in the
Proust manuscripts bequeathed to the Bibliotheque Nationale in
1962. The texts had in fact been hidden among Fallois's private
papers, where they were found upon his death in 2018. The
Seventy-Five Folios and Other Unpublished Manuscripts presents
these folios here for the first time in English, along with
seventeen other brief unpublished texts. Extensive commentary and
notes by the Proust scholar Nathalie Mauriac Dyer offer insightful
critical analysis. Characterized by Fallois as the "precious guide"
to understanding Proust's masterpiece, the folios contain early
versions of six episodes included in the novel. Readers glimpse
what Proust's biographer Jean-Yves Tadie describes as the "sacred
moment" when the great work burst forth for the first time. The
folios reveal the autobiographical extent of Proust's writing, with
traces of his family life scattered throughout. Before the
existence of Charles Swann, for example, we find a narrator named
Marcel, a testament to what one scholar has called "the gradual
transformation of lived experience into (auto)fiction in Proust's
elaboration of the novel." Like a painter's sketches and a
composer's holographs, Proust's folios tell a story of artistic
evolution. A "dream of a book, a book of a dream," Fallois called
them. Here is a literary magnum opus finding its final form.
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Sodom and Gomorrah
Marcel Proust; Contributions by Mint Editions
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R778
Discovery Miles 7 780
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Stunning edition of the standalone novella from Proust's great
masterpiece, in a new translation When Charles Swann first lays
eyes on Odette de Crécy, he is indifferent to her beauty. Their
paths continue to cross in the drawing rooms and theatres of
Parisian high society, and the seeds of desire in Swann begin to
flourish. What follows is a journey through self-delusion, jealousy
and delirious fantasy, which will take Swann far from the sedate
comfort of his society life. A standalone novella from Proust's
monumental masterpiece, Swann in Love is a sublimely witty and
poignant story of the illusions of love and desire. Full of the
rich social satire and penetrating insight that distinguish
Proust's style, it is the perfect introduction to one of the
world's great novelists.
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