Bibliograph

Living and dying with Marcel Proust, Christopher Prendergast

Type

Label

Living and dying with Marcel Proust, Christopher Prendergast

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Living and dying with Marcel Proust

Oclc number

1280051176

Responsibility statement

Christopher Prendergast

Summary

"Living and Dying with Marcel Proust is the result of a lifetime's reading of, reflection on, and love for Proust's masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time. Christopher Prendergast, one of the world's foremost literary scholars, and general editor of the most recent translation of À la recherche du temps perdu, has produced a highly entertaining book that takes in such disparate Proustian obsessions as insomnia, food and digestion, colour, addiction, memory, breath and breathing, breasts, snobbism, music, and humor. Living and Dying with Marcel Proust will surely become the companion for all future readers either about to reembark on Proust's three-million-word journey or setting out for the first time."--Publisher's website

Table Of Contents

The Proust effect -- The quiver of life -- Croissants and coffee, for a change -- Breasts and cheeks -- Pinks -- The two pedals -- Days -- The geometer and the weaver -- Crossroads -- My name is might-have-been -- Lost, found and lost again -- Death and black holes -- Epilogue: the baby and the diplomat

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