Swann's Way - (Modern Library Classics) by Marcel Proust (Paperback)
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<p/><br></br><p><b> About the Book </b></p></br></br>The only paperback edition of the definitive translation of the first part of Marcel Proust's legendary seven-part cycle. In part one, the narrator recalls his childhood, aided by the famous tea-soaked madeleine; M. Swann describes his passion for Odette.<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br>In <i>Swann's Way</i>, the themes of Proust's masterpiece are introduced, and the narrator's childhood in Paris and Combray is recalled, most memorably in the evocation of the famous maternal good-night kiss. The recollection of the narrator's love for Swann's daughter Gilberte leads to an account of Swann's passion for Odette and the rise of the nouveaux riches Verdurins. <p/>For this authoritative English-language edition, D. J. Enright has revised the late Terence Kilmartin's acclaimed reworking of C. K. Scott Moncrieff's translation to take into account the new definitive French editions of <i>Á la recherché du temps perdu</i> (the final volume of these new editions was published by the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade in 1989).<p/><br></br><p><b> Review Quotes </b></p></br></br><br>"Reading <i>Swann's Way</i> was a rapturous experience."--David Denby<br><p/><br></br><p><b> About the Author </b></p></br></br><b>Richard Howard</b>'s translation of <i>The Charterhouse of Parma</i> for the Modern Library was a national bestseller. Winner of numerous awards, including the Pulitzer Prize, and recipient of a MacArthur "genius grant," he lives in New York City.
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