| New audiences are introduced to what has been called the finest novel of the 20th century with this new translation. "A sensitive and direct translation, one that will enable us to discover, or rediscover, the joys of the novel."--Charles Messud, "Newsday." |
1934
| Including THE GUERMANTES WAY and CITIES OF THE PLAIN. |
1970
| Mark Treharne's acclaimed new translation of The Guermantes Way will introduce a new generation of American readers to the literary riches of Marcel Proust. The third volume in this superb new edition of In Search of Lost Time -- the first completely new translation of Proust's masterpiece since the 1920s -- it brings us a more comic and lucid prose than English readers have previously been able to enjoy. |
2002
| Like its predecessors, this wonderful new translation is certain to be hailed as a literary event, bringing us a more rich, comic, and lucid Proust than American readers have previously been able to enjoy.In this fourth volume, Proust?s novel takes up for the first time the theme of homosexual love and examines how destructive sexual jealousy can be for those who suffer it. Sodom and Gomorrahis also an unforgiving analysis of both the decadent high society of Paris and the rise of a philistine b....[more] |
1970
| A brilliant film of The Captive directed by Chantal Akerman, was released in early 2001.In The Captive, the narrator recounts his complicated relationship with Albertine, the events that lead to their separation and his retreat to Venice. |
2006
| The initial part of the story focuses on the romantic life of a middle aged man named Swann. Proust has used poetic style of words to describe the nature and environment of France. His sentence structure is impressive and filled with searing, insightful, and humorous criticisms of French society. |
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