In Search of Lost Time, Vol 3
The Guermantes Way
Marcel Proust author C K Scott Moncrieff translator Terence Kilmartin translator D J Enright translator D J Enright editor
Format:Paperback
Publisher:Vintage Publishing
Published:5th Dec '96
Should be back in stock very soon
The definitive translation of the greatest French novel of the twentieth century
THE ACCLAIMED FULLY REVISED EDITION OF THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF AND KILMARTIN TRANSLATION
In The Guermantes Way Proust's narrator recalls his initiation into the dazzling world of Parisian high society.
THE ACCLAIMED FULLY REVISED EDITION OF THE SCOTT MONCRIEFF AND KILMARTIN TRANSLATION
In The Guermantes Way Proust's narrator recalls his initiation into the dazzling world of Parisian high society. Looking back over his time in the glamorous salons of the aristocracy, he satirises this shallow world and his own youthful infatuation with it. His observations, and his experiences with his lover Albertine, also educate him in the volatile nature of desire as he walks the path towards adulthood.
A version that wonderfully proves the greatness of this novel, this novelist -- Melvyn Bragg * Guardian *
What a genius! Whole pages cascade, like great jazz slaloms -- Bill Nighy * The Times *
One of the cornerstones of the Western literary canon * The Times *
It's a novel with zero plot, but the narrator's brilliant analyses of everyday experiences more than make up for it. I've never read a better description of what it feels like to fall asleep -- Alain de Botton * Mail on Sunday *
The plot is as gripping as any soap opera, the jokes come thick and fast...Proust's is a world entire - so why not take it with you anywhere in the world? -- Will Self * Independent on Sunday *
ISBN: 9780099362418
Dimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 32mm
Weight: 490g
720 pages