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In Search of Lost Time

The Prisoner and the Fugitive

» Marcel Proust

Editor - Christopher Prendergast

Penguin Classic
Paperback : 02 Oct 2003

£9.99

'Exemplary translations ... at once elegant and vigorous ... beautifully reproduces the cadence of the French'
Robert Alter, The Times Literary Supplement

Synopsis

‘Proust redefined the terms of fiction … a profound and often very witty masterpiece whose influence continues to pervade the body politic of imaginative prose’ 
Robert McCrum, Guardian Favourite Books of the Twentieth Century

The Prisoner and The Fugitive fulfill Swann’s much earlier warning to Marcel: ‘Though the subjection of the woman may briefly allay the jealousy of the man, it eventually makes it even more demanding’, as Marcel and Albertine are locked in a cycle of mistrust that threatens both their identities. But these are also novels of great lyrical excitement and beauty – in the Parisian street cries, the Vinteuil concert and Proust’s virtuoso description of Venice. Above all, these two works deal with the theme of the explosion and impact of memory that runs throughout In Search of Lost Time, pointing the reader towards its resolution.

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Critic Review:

‘In The Prisoner, the elaborate lies of Marcel’s lover Albertine teach the future novelist about the structure of fictions … art alone offers redemption, and Proust represents the high point of the post-Romantic religion of art’ 
Jonathan Patrick, Scotland on Sunday

The Prisoner and The Fugitive [are] well executed by Carol Clark and Peter Collier … A quite remarkable degree of fluency’ 
Paul Davis, Guardian

Product details

Format : Paperback
ISBN: 9780141180359
Size : 129 x 198mm
Pages : 720
Published : 02 Oct 2003
Publisher : Penguin Classic

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In Search of Lost Time

The Prisoner and the Fugitive

» Marcel Proust

Editor - Christopher Prendergast

£9.99

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