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Swann's Way (Remembrance of Things Past, Volume One)

By Marcel Proust

Swann's Way (Remembrance of Things Past, Volume One) Contemporary literature

Swann's Way (Remembrance of Things Past, Volume One)

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The first volume of Proust's seven-part novel "In Search of Lost Time," also known as "A Remembrance of Things Past," "Swann's Way" is the auspicious beginning of Proust's most prominent work. A mature, unnamed man recalls the details of his commonplace, idyllic existence as a sensitive and intuitive boy in Combray. For a time, the story is narrated through his younger mind in beautiful, almost dream-like prose. In a subsequent section of the volume, the narrator tells of the excruciating romance of his country neighbor, Monsieur Swann. The narrator reverts to his childhood, where he begins a similarly hopeless infatuation with Swann's little daughter, Gilberte. More than this apparently fragmented narrative, however, is the importance of the themes of memory, time, and art that connect and interweave the man's memories. Considered to be one of the twentieth century's major novels, Proust ultimately portrays the volatility of human life in this sweeping contemplation of reality and time.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
276
Release Date:
2009-01-30
Publication Date:
2009-01-01
Publisher:
Digireads.com
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1420933086
ISBN13:
9781420933086
Weight:
452 g
Height:
152 cm
Width:
229 cm
Thickness:
16 cm
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