Swann's Way (In Search of Lost Time, Volume I)

Marcel Proust, (Translator) C.K. Scott Moncrieff, (Translator) Terence Kilmartin, (Revisions) D.J. Enright, (Introduction) Richard Howard

ISBN 10: 0375751548 / ISBN 13: 9780375751547

Published by The Modern Library, 2003

About this Item

(A Modern Library Paperback). One of the more rapturous reading experiences in all of literature. First published in 1913, in this first installment of Proust's magnum opus, the narrator's childhood in Paris and Combray is recalled, most memorably in the evocation of the famous maternal good-night kiss. 615p. Pap.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Swann's Way (In Search of Lost Time, Volume I)
• Publisher: The Modern Library
• Publication Date: 2003
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0375751548
• ISBN 13: 9780375751547
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
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Synopsis

In Swann's Way, 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 narrato'.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.

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 Á la recherché du temps perdu (the final volume of these new editions was published by the Bibliothèque de la Pléiade in 1989).

About the Author

Richard Howard’s translation of The Charterhouse of Parma 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.