In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower (First Edition)

Marcel Proust

ISBN 10: 0670032778 / ISBN 13: 9780670032778

Published by Viking, New York, 2004

New York: Viking, 2004. First American edition, first printing (with full number line including 1). Hardcover. Quarter black over gray paper-covered boards, with silver spine lettering. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Publisher's price intact on front jacket flap ($27.95). Comes with archival-quality mylar dust jacket protector. Octavo, 568 pages. Translated from the French by James Grieve, with a new introduction and notes by the translator. NOTE: Remainder mark on lower edge. This is the second volume in Marcel Proust's monumental novel cycle "In Search of Lost Time," following "Swann's Way," continuing the narrator's exploration of memory, love, and art. Marcel Proust (1871-1922) was a French novelist, essayist, and critic whose seven-volume masterpiece transformed modern literature. The complete "In Search of Lost Time" sequence comprises: "Swann s Way" (1913); "In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower" (1919); "The Guermantes Way" (1920-21); "Sodom and Gomorrah" (1921-22); "The Prisoner" (1923); "The Fugitive" (1925); and "Time Regained" (1927). Seller Inventory # Literature-Rear-Copies

Synopsis:

A definitive new translation of the second volume of In Search of Lost Time captures the intricacies and challenges of male and female adolescence and awakening love, based on the narrator's reminiscences about Paris and the Normandy coast. 17,500 first printing.

About the Author: Marcel Proust (1871–1922) is considered the greatest French writer of the twentieth century. James Grieve, a visiting fellow at the Australian National University, has published a translation of Proust’s Swann’s Way and two novels for young adults.

Bibliographic Details

Title: In the Shadow of Young Girls in Flower (...
Publisher: Viking, New York
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
Edition: 1st Edition