{"product_id":"proustian-uncertainties-saul-friedlnder-9781590519110","title":"Proustian Uncertainties: On Reading and Rereading in Search of Lost Time","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e Best Book of the Year \u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eA Pulitzer Prize-winning historian revisits Marcel Proust's masterpiece in this essay on literature and memory, exploring the question of identity--that of the novel's narrator and Proust's own. \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This engaging reexamination of \u003ci\u003eIn Search of Lost Time\u003c\/i\u003e considers how the narrator defines himself, how this compares to what we know of Proust himself, and what the significance is of these various points of commonality and divergence. We know, for example, that the author did not hide his homosexuality, but the narrator did. Why the difference? We know that the narrator tried to marginalize his part-Jewish background. Does this reflect the author's position, and how does the narrator handle what he tries, but does not manage, to dismiss? These are major questions raised by the text and reflected in the text, to which the author's life doesn't give obvious answers. The narrator's reflections on time, on death, on memory, and on love are as many paths leading to the image of self that he projects. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eProustian Uncertainties\u003c\/i\u003e, Saul Friedl nder draws on his personal experience from a life spent investigating the ties between history and memory to offer a fresh perspective on the seminal work.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Saul Friedl舅der\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1590519116\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781590519110\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Other Press (NY)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 176\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.40h x 5.60w x 0.90d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/03\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/01\/2020 pg. 64","brand":"Saul Friedl舅der","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44047209234687,"sku":"9781590519110","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_54d4d6a5-cdd4-4145-a2ab-a6dd39f929d4.jpg?v=1684988885","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/proustian-uncertainties-saul-friedlnder-9781590519110","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}