Marcel Proust: A Life (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780300191790)

The extraordinary life and times of Marcel Proust, one of the greatest literary voices of the twentieth century, by "Proust's definitive biographer" (Harold Bloom) Based on a wealth of letters, memoirs, workbooks, and manuscripts unavailable before, the book examines Proust's character and development as an artist, the glittering Parisian world of which he was a part, and the passions that enabled him to write his masterpiece, In Search of Lost Time.

"Serious, thoughtful, well-balanced, well-informed. . . . Carter is the kind of reader Proust hoped for, one who understands that a great work compels us to become better readers of ourselves."--Victor Brombert, Los Angeles Times

"An impeccably researched and well-paced narrative that brings vividly and credibly to life not only the writer himself but also the changing world he knew."--Roger Pearson, New York Times Book Review Named a Notable Book of 2000 by the New York Times Book Review

Author: William C. Carter
ISBN-10: 0300191790
ISBN-13: 9780300191790
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/16/2013
Pages: 1000
Format: Paperback
Weight: 2.45lbs
Size: 9.20h x 6.10w x 1.90d