ISBN: PB: 9780300185430

Yale University Press

December 2013

504 pp.

23,5x19,0 cm

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£22.00
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Swann's Way

In Search of Lost Time, Volume 1

One hundred years have passed since Marcel Proust published the first volume of what was to become a seven-volume masterpiece, "In Search of Lost Time". In the intervening century his famously compelling novel has never been out of print and has been translated into dozens of languages. English-language readers were fortunate to have an early and extraordinarily fine translation of the novel from Charles Kenneth Scott Moncrieff. With the passage of time, however, the need for corrections, revisions and annotations to the Scott Montcrieff translation has become apparent. Esteemed Proust scholar William C. Carter celebrates the publication centennial of "Swann's Way" with a new, more accurate and illuminating edition of the first volume of "In Search of Lost Time". Carter corrects previous translating missteps to bring readers closer to Proust's intentions while also providing enlightening notes to clarify biographical, historical and social contexts. Presented in a reader-friendly format alongside the text, these annotations will enrich and deepen the experience of Proust's novel, immersing readers in the world of an unsurpassed literary genius.

About the author

Marcel Proust (1871-1922) was a French novelist, critic, and essayist best known for his monumental "In Search of Lost Time".