Considered one of the greatest-and most influential-writers of the twentieth century, Marcel Proust was also one of its most fascinating figures. A strange, reclusive genius who often lay in bed for days at a time obsessively rewriting his masterpiece, Remembrance of Things Past, Proust was at other times a tireless socialite, attending the grandest parties and dazzling guests with his vivacity and wit. But as a boy Proust was yearning and lonely, an ambitious grasper after honors, and a miserably closeted homosexual, an aspect of his life that this book explores frankly and perceptively.
"White has a novelist's eye for the telling detail or the remarkable phrase."-New York Times Book Review
Considered one of the greatest-and most influential-writers of the twentieth century, Marcel Proust was also one of its most fascinating figures. A strange, reclusive genius who often lay in bed for days at a time obsessively rewriting his masterpiece, Remembrance of Things Past, Proust was at other times a tireless socialite, attending the grandest parties and dazzling guests with his vivacity and wit. But as a boy Proust was yearning and lonely, an ambitious grasper after honors, and a miserably closeted homosexual, an aspect of his life that this book explores frankly and perceptively.
"White has a novelist's eye for the telling detail or the remarkable phrase."-New York Times Book Review
Product Details
| BN ID: | 2940172019135 |
|---|---|
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House |
| Publication date: | 01/28/2021 |
| Edition description: | Unabridged |
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