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In Search of Lost Time

The Way by Swann's

By Marcel Proust, Lydia Davis (Translator)

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| eBook | 9780141914152

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Since the original prewar translation there has been no completely new rendering of the French original into English. This translation brings to the fore a more sharply engaged, comic and lucid Proust. IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME is one of the greatest,most entertaining reading experiences in any lanContinue

Since the original prewar translation there has been no completely new rendering of the French original into English. This translation brings to the fore a more sharply engaged, comic and lucid Proust. IN SEARCH OF LOST TIME is one of the greatest,most entertaining reading experiences in any language. As the great story unfolds from its magical opening scenes to its devastating end, it is the Penguin Proust that makes Proust accessible to a new generation.


Each volume is translated by a different, superb translator working under the general editorship of Professor Christopher Prendergast, University of Cambridge.



This edition has been edited by Christopher Predergast and translated by Lydia Davis. Also contains an introduction and notes by the translator, and a preface by the editor, as well as a detailed synopsis of the book.

Critics

  • Reviving the dread deity

    In Search of Lost Time by Marcel Proust 3,300pp, Penguin, £75 In the early volumes of In Search of Lost Time , the young Marcel is forever falling in love with people and places at the drop of their names, spinning out of the phonemes of "La Berma" ( ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

  • In search of Marcel Proust

    Marcel Proust: In Search of Lost Timeedited by Christopher Prendergast £75, pp3,300 (six volumes) Towards the end of the second volume of In Search of Lost Time, much of which has been taken up with long and longing descriptions of his lover Albertin ... (read full critics)

    guardian.co.uk published on Sat, 25 Sep 2010

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  • I totally loved this book. Proust capacity to describe every single detail of a scene, the interior life of the characters, and the exterior world they live in, is a constant stimulus to creativity. His book is a must for all those that want to exercise their writing skills.

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    ariadna73 said on Jun 7, 2010 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

  • It is quite a hard read since the book dictates the pace instead of the reader. Full of vivid and lucid descriptions of a bygone age. Quite fascinating if you are a francophile but if you want an action filled book, this one is not for you.

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    Ruby said on Jul 9, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • What can I say? This isn't a novel, it's a description of life. So real, painfully so, I found I could only take it in small-ish chunks.

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    sid_rw said on Jun 30, 2008 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

  • Tough slog, but with great beauty.

    I've never seen such long sentences and paragraphs in my life.

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    keithlaw said on Sep 9, 2006 about the Paperback edition | Add your feedback

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