In Search of Lost Time

by Marcel Proust

Book Overview

In Search of Lost Time (French: A la recherche du temps perdu)-also translated as Remembrance of Things Past-is a novel by Marcel Proust (1871-1922). His most prominent work, it is known both for its length and its theme of involuntary memory, the most famous example being the "episode of the madeleine." The novel began to take shape in 1909. Proust continued to work on it until his final illness in the autumn of 1922 forced him to break off. Proust...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 150778399X
• ISBN13: 9781507783993
• Release Date: January 2015
• Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
• Length: 662 Pages
• Weight: 2.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

Good value for money

Very good binding and printing. I am also quite impressed with the delivery service. I do enjoy my purchasing this book.

If you want to know time.

I have always been interested in time; whatever that is.My first attempt(circa 1964) to understand time consisted of reading some very elementary texts on Einstein's theory of relativity. As I was romping through Einstein, a good friend introduced me to Proust's monumental work: A la recherche du temps perdu. I read and read and read and soon came to the conclusion that Proust had captured the very essence of psychological time. And the prose; so beautiful. Since that long ago time, I have read the thoughts of so many others on time: Faulkner, Mann, Kant, Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Levinas, and most recently Hawking. The conclusion that I have come to is that if you really want to know TIME, then buy an inexpensive copy of Proust's great work and read, read, and read. Remember, you will ceratinly need much time. To the couple in Northern Germany; I resided in Bad Kreuznach, Germany for 8 months and it always made me think of Proust. I would welcome a comment from Northern Germany. Mead Whorton in The U.S.A.