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Author:
Christopher Prendergast
Publisher:
Europa Compass
Date:
June 7, 2022
At once a contemplation Proustâs masterwork and an exploration of the rich sensory and impressionistic tapestry of a lived world, "Living and Dying with Marcel Proust" addresses such disparate Proustian obsessions as insomnia, food, digestion, color, addiction, memory, breath and breathing, breasts, snobbism, music, and humor.
What The Reviewers Say
... splendid.
Prendergast created this guidebook from remnants of a previous book, 'a pile of unused jottings and scribbles set aside…on the theme of walks'. One is reminded of the shoemaker’s last pieces of leather transformed overnight into a very fine pair of shoes – these shoes walk the reader through Marcel Proust’s Á la recherche du temps perdu in great style.
... [a] magnificent and very living book.
Prendergast generally cites remarkable Proust passages solely in English (only occasionally quoting from the original French text); Proust’s brilliance as a writer still comes through in the translated texts, but Prendergast’s analysis might have been enhanced by including more passages in French.
