W stronę Swanna Marcela Prousta to pierwsza część cyklu powieściowego W poszukiwaniu straconego czasu, uznawanego za arcydzieło światowej literatury. (…) Proust lekceważy sobie to, co zazwyczaj stanowi siłę i urok powieści: fabułę, wikłanie przygód. Nigdy nie ślizga się po powierzchni zjawisk, zawsze drąży w głąb, a introspekcja jego jest tak dramatyczna i zajmująca, że obchodzi się bez zewnętrznych perypetii „bajki”. Zainteresowanie płynie nie ze zdarzeń, ale z perspektyw, jakie nam Proust...
"Within a Budding Grove" beautifully examines the complex adolescent relationships that the unnamed young narrator begins to witness all around him, including the first pangs of love and the ardent adolescent desires. But most importantly it explores the unbridgeable gap between childhood innocence and the disappointment of adulthood. The novel was scheduled to be published in 1914 but was delayed by the onset of World War I. When published, the novel was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1919. ...
First published in 1919, “Within a Budding Grove” is the second novel in the “In Search of Lost Time” series by famed French author Marcel Proust. Originally intended to be published in 1914, but delayed by the onset of World War I, “Within a Budding Grove” was awarded the Prix Goncourt in 1919 and instantly catapulted Proust to international fame. The novel follows the narrator from the first volume, “Swann’s Way”, from childhood to adolescence. He grows bored with Swann’s daughter, Gilberte,...
A charming, funny, poignant collection of twenty-three letters from Marcel Proust to his upstairs neighbour102 Boulevard Haussmann, an elegant address in Paris’s eighth arrondissement.Upstairs lives Madame Williams, with her second husband and her harp. Downstairs lives Marcel Proust, trying to write In Search of Lost Time, but all too often distracted by the noise from upstairs.Written by Proust to Madame Williams between the years 1909 and 1919, this precious discovery of letters reveals the...